Drafting
Books, Drafting Tools, Architectural Drawing, Mechanical Drawing &
Sketching
Books and Tools to
Assist in Mastering Drafting, Drawing and Sketching
|
Orders over $150 ship
FREE
to 48 U.S. States |
Drafting Books
|
|
|
Architectural Drafting and Design
Step-By-Step Instructions for
Design and Layout for Creating Architectural Plans
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN, 6E is an ideal book for all
architectural drafters and CAD operators, whether beginning,
intermediate, or advanced. An important feature of this best-seller
is its step-by-step instructions for the design and layout of each
type of drawing associated with a complete set of architectural
plans, with projects that can be completed using either CAD or
manual drawing methods. The basics of residential design, commercial
drafting, basic materials used for construction, common construction
methods, and drawings typically associated with commercial
construction are all covered in this comprehensive book, which is
written to meet the most recent editions of IRC and IBC. |
|
|
Architectural Drafting &
Design
Learn The Basics of Residential Architectural Design, Layout and
Drafting
Recognized by many as the authoritative source of how-to and
reference information for students and beginning professionals, available in
full-color for the very first time - details step-by-step methods
for the design and layout of each type of drawing required for a
complete set of architectural plans. Expanded coverage of CAD and
freehand sketching techniques that may be applied to solve
real-world drafting and design problems
|
|
|
Architectural Working Drawings: Residential and Commercial Buildings
Detailed
Examination of Typical Construction Methods and the Preparation of
Architectural Working Drawings
Extensively illustrated, it presents a detailed examination of
typical construction methods and the preparation of architectural
working drawings for residential and commercial buildings. Covers drafting materials, tools, techniques,
electrical plumbing and plans, heating/air conditioning systems and
technical sketching. Contains an in-depth discussion of computer
graphics hardware and software as well as basic operating procedures
for computer design. Chapters include technical vocabulary, study
questions and laboratory problems. |
|
|
Civil Drafting
Technology
Comprehensive Coverage of Civil Technology Drafting
and Mapping
Provides
straightforward and comprehensive coverage of civil
technology drafting and mapping. It includes survey
types, plots, plane and profile, contours, and
earthworks. Input and ideas from the industry,
specifically civil engineering companies, offers
students a well-rounded view of the civil drafting
field and the types of drawings and skills
associated with it. Chapter topics include surveying
fundamentals; location and direction; mapping
scales; legal descriptions and plot plans; contour
lines; profiles; highway layout; earthwork; and
Geographic Information Systems. For civil engineers
and professionals in related fields. |
|
|
Commercial Drafting
and Detailing
Step-By-Step Journey Through Architectural and
Structural Drawings for Commercial Plans
From site, floor, stair, and roof plans, to framing
and foundation plans – Now in its third edition,
Commercial Drafting and Detailing provides
comprehensive coverage using clear explanations and
professional, practical examples. An all-new chapter
devoted to the development and drawing of
architectural and structural details, as well as
information that reflects the
2009
International Building Code and current
Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) specifications. With
these important revisions, and the same clear
concise coverage of building materials and skills
that characterized previous editions, this book is
an ideal resource |
|
|
Drafting and Design for Architecture
Learn Architectural Drafting
and Design Concepts Used by Professional Architects
DRAFTING AND DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION, 9th edition
is written in a logical structure that presents architectural
drafting and design concepts in the order usually practiced by
professional architects. An emphasis on environmental safety,
protective measures, expanded coverage of construction design and
drawings and chapter objectives to alert the reader to important
concepts allow readers to hone the necessary skills to create a
complete set of drawing plans. The abundant appendices provide
important reference material, career information, mathematical
calculations, standard abbreviations and synonyms. |
|
|
Drafting House
Plans
Complete Guide to Drawing Home & Residential House
Plans
Draw a complete set of plans
for a one-story house, or an additional to an existing house even if
you've never had drafting or design experience. This complete guide
to drawing home plans walks you through the process of developed a
complete set of plans: visualizing spatial relationships, using
standard architectural scales and symbols, sketching preliminary
drawings, developing a detailed floor plan and exterior elevations,
and preparing a final plot plan. Covers pertinent code requirements. |
|
|
Structural
Steel Drafting
Provides A Solid Background For Students Learning
Structural Steel Drafting
Practical and easy to use, this
text lays a solid groundwork for beginning and
intermediate students to pursue careers in
architecture, construction, or civil engineering.
The text clarifies the vital interdependence between
structural steel design and fabrication drawings,
equipping students to work flexibly with both. First
and foremost a drafting book, Structural Steel
Drafting gives an overview of structural design
theory while providing numerous examples,
illustrations, and real-world assignments. |
Drafting Tools
|
|
|
Scale
Master ProXE with USB PC Interface
Portable, Blueprint Digital
Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales
The newly designed Calculated Industries 6335 Scale Master ProXE
with PC Interface Cable allows you to export take-off and count
values to your favorite application. The Scale Master Pro XE
gives you simplicity, versatility and accuracy with a new
ergonomic design with comfort grip, improved weight balance,
dedicated function keys and a new dual LCD display for left- or
right-hand use, while maintaining the same award-winning
ease-of-use, quality and reliability you expect from a Scale
Master. No other plan measure gives you more for less! |
|
|
Scale
Master ProXE
Portable, Blueprint Digital
Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales
The newly designed Calculated Industries 6335 Scale Master ProXE
with PC Interface Cable allows you to export take-off and count
values to your favorite application. The Scale Master Pro XE
gives you simplicity, versatility and accuracy with a new
ergonomic design with comfort grip, improved weight balance,
dedicated function keys and a new dual LCD display for left- or
right-hand use, while maintaining the same award-winning
ease-of-use, quality and reliability you expect from a Scale
Master. No other plan measure gives you more for less! |
|
|
Ultra Scale Master Pro
with protective hardcover case
New Area, Digital Take-Off Tool and Digitizer System With 72 Built-in Scales
Ultra Scale Master® Pro is an
affordable and portable stand-alone, digital area takeoff and digitizing system. Ultra
Scale Master® Pro allows you to measure plans at your office or on
the job site without the need for additional computing devices or
software. Ergonomic design with large
targeting window allows you to accurately measure areas,
segment lengths, perimeters, and volumes for simple or complex
polygons, polylines, irregular shapes, arcs and circles. 72 built-in
architectural and engineering scales allow you to measure plans and
drawing up to 24" x 36" in size. Four custom scales allow you to
measure out of scale drawings. |
|
|
Scale Master II
Portable, Digital Take-Off Tool With 91 Built-in Scales & Optional
PC Interface
For Construction Estimators, Contractors or Anyone Who Works with
Blueprints - Obtain fast,
accurate take-offs from blueprints in any scale, anywhere! Thousands of
construction pro's use the Scale Master series of digital plan
measures to bid faster and more accurately.
Also Available >>
Optional PC Interface for Scale
Master II |
|
|
Scale Master Classic
Portable, Digital Take-Off Tool With 72 Built-in Scales
For Construction Estimators, Contractors or Anyone Who Works with
Blueprints - Obtain fast,
accurate take-offs from blueprints in any scale, anywhere! Thousands of
construction pro's use the Scale Master series of digital plan
measures to bid faster and more accurately. Now it's time for you to
gain the competitive edge, and perform take-offs with speed and
confidence! Instantly double-check plans. Cut estimating errors and
improve profits. |
Drawing & Sketching
|
|
|
Architectural Drawing:
A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods
Comprehensive
Reference of Architectural Drawing Types and Methods
An extensively updated new
edition of a classic architectural text. Today's most comprehensive
compendium of architectural drawing types and methods, both hand
drawn and computer generated, Architectural Drawing: A Visual
Compendium of Types and Methods remains a one-of-a-kind visual
reference and an outstanding source of guidance and inspiration for
students and professionals at every level. The Third Edition has
been thoroughly updated to reflect a wider range of techniques and
styles than ever before. |
|
|
Architectural Drawing
and Light Construction
Learn Architectural Drawing for
Both Manual Drafting and CAD
Streamlined and updated for the Eighth Edition, this classic text
offers significant flexibility because it covers both manual
drafting and computer-aided drafting. Known for its superbly
detailed drawings and information on every phase of light
residential architectural design and construction-- from site design
and building programming to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
planning, Architectural Drawing and Light Construction also includes
building codes and specification writing |
|
|
Architectural Graphics
How To Use Graphics
Tools and Drafting Conventions
Since 1975, Architectural Graphics has been a bestselling classic
that has introduced countless students of architecture and design to
the fundamentals of graphic communication. Featuring Francis D.K.
Ching's signature graphic style, it illustrates how to use graphic
tools and drafting conventions to translate architectural ideas into
effective visual presentation. This Fifth Edition has been updated
to reflect the latest drawing techniques helping it remain the
leading book on the topic |
|
|
Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference
A Rich Range of Instructional and Ready Reference Materials for
Architectural Rendering
Architecture and drafting students and professionals alike will
find a rich range of instructional and ready reference materials in
this source. The author demonstrates proven techniques for clearly
expressing a wide variety of architectural forms - from loose
sketches and easy line drawing, to detailed renderings and final
presentations |
|
|
Architectural Working Drawings: Residential and Commercial Buildings
Detailed
Examination of Typical Construction Methods and the Preparation of
Architectural Working Drawings
Extensively illustrated, it presents a detailed examination of
typical construction methods and the preparation of architectural
working drawings for residential and commercial buildings. Covers drafting materials, tools, techniques,
electrical plumbing and plans, heating/air conditioning systems and
technical sketching. Contains an in-depth discussion of computer
graphics hardware and software as well as basic operating procedures
for computer design. Chapters include technical vocabulary, study
questions and laboratory problems. |
|
|
Construction Graphics
A Practical
Guide to Interpreting Working Drawings - 2nd Edition
The Second Edition of this highly visual
text brings together sketching, plan reading, and working drawing as
they are used in the construction process. Hundreds of details
from actual and idealized working drawings, with explanatory
photographs and drawings, show how construction graphics "translate"
into construction methods and practices. The new edition includes
more material on basic plan reading, new coverage plan examples
including residential and commercial plan details. |
|
|
Drawing: The
Motive Force of Architecture
Focuses On The Significance Architects Who Have Affected The Course
Of Architectural Thinking
Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for
architecture, Drawings highlights the work of key contemporary
figures who have, through their drawn work, affected the course of
architectural thinking. Bringing this together is a
chapter-by-chapter series of essays that broadly charts the forward
movement and expansion of drawing iconography, techniques and
methodologies. |
|
|
Drawing Shortcuts: Developing
Quick Drawing Skills Using Today's Technologies
An Ingeniously
Simple Drawing Approach That Joins Traditional Hand Drawing
Techniques with Modern Technology
Start creating top-quality drawings faster and more effectively–with
Drawing Shortcuts. This book presents practical techniques and
applications that will improve your drawing skills. Easy-to-follow
instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing–such as
composition, color, shading, shadow, and perspective–up to the most
current applications of cameras, copiers, and computers to create
and reproduce your work. A step-by-step approach will sharpen and
streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure or for your
profession. Generously enriched with detailed process drawings,
examples, and more than 300 full-color images |
|
|
Engineering
Design Graphics: Sketching, Modeling and Visualization
Teaches Basic Graphics,
Sketching and Modeling for Engineers, Designers and Architects
Engineering isn't all right-brain
thinking; every engineer must master at least the basics of
graphics, sketching, and modeling--both freehand and
computer-assisted. Whatever your artistic talents, this book will
give you the skills you need to develop your visualization skills
and express your engineering vision graphically. Following a unique
approach that uses planar projection theory as a framework for
discussing freehand sketching techniques, Engineering Design
Graphics: Visualization, Sketching and Modeling guides you through
critical concepts ranging from projection theory and pictorial
sketching to parametric solid modeling and product dissection |
|
|
Engineering Drawing
and Design
Detailed Reference Combining Engineering Graphics
and Drafting
Engineering Drawing and Design, combines engineering
graphics and drafting in one accessible product.
Technical drafting, like all technical areas, is
constantly changing; the computer has revolutionized
the way in which drawings and parts are made. This
4-color text covers the most current technical
information available, including graphic
communication, CAD, functional drafting, material
positioning, numerical control, electronic drafting,
and metrication. |
|
|
Everyday
Sketching and Drafting
Develops Abilities for Lettering, Sketching, Reading and
Interpreting Prints
This text/workbook introduces instruments and their
proper use in drafting and sketching. Through numerous
drawing problems and exercises, the text/workbook
develops abilities for lettering, sketching, reading,
and interpreting prints. Contains 11 Self-Checks and 48
drawing sheets. |
|
|
Freehand
Sketching
Demonstrates The Basics of
Sketching, Lettering & Sectional Views
This text / workbook stresses drawing accurate
freehand sketches. Demonstrates the basics of lettering,
sketching, shading, sectional views, and multiviews.
Includes 115 activities. |
|
|
Graphic Thinking for Architects & Designers
The Essential Architects' Design Companion Teaches How to Make
Versatile and Facile Sketches
For architects, drawing is more than a convenient way to
communicate ideas; it is an integral part of the creative process
that has a profound impact on thinking and problem-solving. In
Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers, Third Edition, Paul
Laseau demonstrates that more versatile and facile sketching leads
to more flexible, creative approaches to design challenges. To
encourage this flexibility and stimulate graphic thinking, he
introduces numerous graphic techniques that can be applied in a
variety of situations. He also helps readers acquire a solid grasp
of basic freehand drawing, representational drawing construction,
graphic note-taking, and diagramming |
|
|
Pencil Sketching
- 2nd Edition
The Complete
Classic Guide to the Art of Pencil Sketching
Portable. Erasable. Inexpensive. No other single
drawing tool is as versatile as the pencil. Through the centuries,
generations of artists have used it to work out ideas, study form,
and develop fundamental skills that are crucial to an artist’s
training. Pencil Sketching has taught thousands of beginners the
basic principles and techniques of pencil sketching. Carefully
revised to meet the needs of today’s artists, this edition features
easy-to-follow instructions, dozens of new illustrations, and
more–everything you need to explore the amazing potential of the
pencil and learn to sketch with confidence. |
|
|
Comprehensive
Introduction to Technical Drawing
This authoritative book provides
a clear and comprehensive introduction to Technical Drawing and
provides instruction to help users create 2D drawings by hand or by
using Computer-Aided Drafting. This book offers the best coverage of
basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machinable
working drawings. For professions that utilize the skills of
engineering graphics/technical drawing and drafting/technical
sketching |
|
|
Technical Reference Handbook
Basic And Advanced Skills Needed to
Communicate Technical Information
This new text/workbook presents both the basic and advanced
skills needed to visually communicate technical information with
speed and accuracy. This textbook combines sketching principles with
fundamental drawing techniques to teach a variety of visual
communication methods. It addresses practical and commonly used
skills as well as introducing more advanced concepts. Offering a
series of progressive technical drawing techniques, the textbook
provides learners with the capabilities and knowledge needed to
develop their skills. |
|
|
Technical Sketching and
Drawing
Demonstrates The Basics of
Sketching, Lettering & Sectional Views
This text / workbook stresses drawing accurate
freehand sketches. Demonstrates the basics of lettering,
sketching, shading, sectional views, and multiviews.
Includes 115 activities. |
|
|
Visual
Notes for Architects and Designers
The Architect's Bible Since 1932 with over 8,500 Illustrations of
Architectural Graphic Standards
Recording your ideas and observations primarily in pictures
instead of words can help you become more creative and constructive
on the job, no matter what your level of artistic ability. This
show-by-example sourcebook clearly illustrates proven methods and
procedures for keeping a highly useful visual notebook. Visual Notes
for Architects and Designers demonstrates how to make rapid,
notational sketches that serve as visual records for future
reference, as well as improve understanding and facilitate the
development of ideas. |
|
|
Order online: Add your item to your
shopping cart and submit your order online*.
