Print Reading for Engineering and Manufacturing Technology

To fully understand the information found on real-world manufacturing and mechanical engineering drawings, one must consider important information about the processes represented, the dimensional and geometric tolerances specified, and the assembly requirements for those drawings. This enhanced edition takes a practical approach to print reading, with fundamental through advanced coverage that demonstrates industry standards essential for pursuing careers in the 21st century. Readers will learn step-by-step how to interpret actual industry prints while building the knowledge and skills that will allow them to read complete sets of working drawings. Realistic examples, illustrations, related tests, and print reading problems are based on real world engineering prints that comply with ANSI, ASME, AWS, and other related standards.

David A. Madsen is the president of Madsen Designs, Incorporated (www.madsendesigns.com). He is Faculty Emeritus of Drafting Technology and the Autodesk Premier Training Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon. Mr. Madsen was an instructor and department Chairperson at Clackamas Community College for nearly thirty years. In addition to community college experience, David Madsen was a Drafting Technology instructor at Centennial High School in Gresham, Oregon and is a former member of the American Design and Drafting Association (ADDA) Board of Directors, and was honored by the ADDA with Director Emeritus status at the annual conference in 2005. He has extensive experience in mechanical drafting, architectural design and drafting, and building construction. Mr. Madsen holds a Master of Education Degree in Vocational Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Education. He is the author of ENGINEERING DRAWING AND DESIGN, GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING, PRINT READING FOR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, and co-author of ARCHITECTURAL AUTOCAD, ARCHITECTURAL DESKTOP AND ITS APPLICATIONS, ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING USING AUTOCAD, AUTOCAD AND ITS APPLICATIONS: BASICS, ADVANCED, AND COMPREHENSIVE, AUTOCAD ARCHITECTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS, AUTOCAD ESSENTIALS, CIVIL DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY, and PRINT READING FOR ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY.