Interpreting Engineering Drawings is the only blueprint reading text designed to provide customized drawing interpretation courses for each and every student. The seventh Canadian edition builds on the success of the previous editions in preparing students for careers in today?s technology-intensive industries. Now, more than ever, people entering industry and those in industry who seek to upgrade their knowledge and skills require educational materials that reflect the current state of technology. This trend makes this up-to-date text a valuable asset for training personnel to participate and compete in today?s global marketplace.

INTERPRETING ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, 8th EDITION offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art training that shows readers how to create professional-quality engineering drawings that can be interpreted with precision in today's technology-based industries. This flexible, user-friendly textbook offers unsurpassed coverage of the theory and practical applications that you'll need as readers communicate technical concepts in an international marketplace. All material is developed around the latest ASME drawing standards, helping readers keep pace with the dynamic changes in the field of engineering graphics. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

This problem oriented book provides practical explanations of how to interpret engineering drawings/technical drawings using the latest ANSI standards.

Interpreting Engineering Drawings is the only blueprint reading text designed to provide customized drawing interpretation courses for each and every student. The seventh Canadian edition builds on the success of the previous editions in preparing students for careers in today’s technology-intensive industries. Now, more than ever, people entering industry and those in industry who seek to upgrade their knowledge and skills require educational materials that reflect the current state of technology. This trend makes this up-to-date text a valuable asset for training personnel to participate and compete in today’s global marketplace.

We are proud to present the Fifth Canadian Edition of Interpreting Engineering Drawings. It is clearly the most comprehensive and up-to-date text of its kind. The authors have worked diligently to provide a text that will best prepare students to enter twenty-first century technology-intensive industries. It is also useful to those individuals working in technology-based industries who feel the need to enhance their understanding of key aspects of twenty-first century technology. To that end, the text offers the flexibility needed to provide instruction in as narrow or as broad a customized program of studies as is required or desired. Clearly, it provides the theory and practical application for individuals to develop the intellectual skills needed to communicate technical concepts used throughout the international marketplace.

For all students and lecturers of basic engineering and technical drawing The new edition of this successful text describes all the geometric instructions and engineering drawing information, likely to be needed by anyone preparing or interpreting drawings or designs. There are also plenty of exercises to practise these principles.