Table of Contents

Overview of Pipe Drafting and Design; Steel Pipe; Pipe Fittings; Flange Basics; Valves; Mechanical Equipment; Flow Diagrams and Instrumentation; Codes and Specifications; Equipment Layout; Piping Arrangement Drawings, Section and Elevation; Standard Piping Details; Piping Systems; Piping Isometrics; Customizing AutoCAD; Three-Dimensional Modeling of Piping Systems; Appendixes: Dimensional Data; Review of Lettering; Alphabet of Lines; Review of Math; Use of the Calculator; Architect's Scale; Glossary; Index

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Covers drafting and design fundamentals to detailed advice on the development of piping drawings using manual and AutoCAD techniques
3-D model images provide an uncommon opportunity to visualize an entire piping facility
Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed for review and practice

About the Author

Roy A. Parisher is a professor and former department chair of the Engineering Design Graphics department at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, where he has taught for over 40 years. He also taught at the University of Houston Downtown’s Summer Piping Institute.

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larger drawings...clearer...straight forward...