WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK
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WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK Fourth Edition
Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard
Architectural Press An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 1982 Second edition 1986 Third edition 1995 Reprinted 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 Fourth edition 2004 Copyright © 2004, Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard. All rights reserved The right of Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (44) 1865 843830, fax: (44) 1865 853333, e-mail:
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Contents
Introduction
1
1 The structure of information
2
2 The general arrangement drawing
35
3 Component, sub-component and assembly drawings
61
4 Drawing the set
88
5 Working drawing management
113
Appendix 1 Building elements and external features
145
Appendix 2 Conventions for doors and windows
148
Appendix 3 Symbols indicating materials
150
Appendix 4 Electrical, telecommunications and fire protection symbols
152
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