Civil Drafting Technology
by Madsen, David A.; Shumaker, Terence M.; Madsen, David P.Edition: 6th
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Pub. Date: 2007-01-01
Publisher(s): Pearson College Div
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Summary
This book 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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Civil Drafting Technology | p. 1 |
| Introduction to Civil Drafting | p. 2 |
| Civil Engineering Companies | p. 2 |
| Schooling | p. 3 |
| Professional Organizations | p. 4 |
| National Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Standards | p. 4 |
| Workplace Ethics | p. 5 |
| Map Basics | p. 5 |
| Cartography | p. 6 |
| Types of Maps | p. 6 |
| Basic Civil Drafting Techniques | p. 24 |
| Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) | p. 35 |
| Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting | p. 36 |
| CADD Software Products for Civil Design and Drafting | p. 36 |
| The United States National CAD Standard | p. 38 |
| CADD Graphics | p. 44 |
| Additional CADD Fundamentals | p. 48 |
| CADD and the Internet | p. 61 |
| Ergonomics | p. 61 |
| Mapping Scales | p. 69 |
| Numerical Scale | p. 70 |
| Graphic Scale | p. 71 |
| Verbal Scale | p. 74 |
| Scale Conversion | p. 74 |
| Civil Engineer's Scale | p. 76 |
| Metric Scales | p. 77 |
| CADD Scales | p. 79 |
| Mapping Symbols | p. 85 |
| Types of Symbols | p. 86 |
| Special Techniques | p. 90 |
| Drawing Mapping Symbols with CADD | p. 91 |
| Measuring Distance and Elevation | p. 99 |
| Measuring Distance | p. 100 |
| Measuring Elevation | p. 101 |
| Recording Measurements | p. 106 |
| Surveying Fundamentals | p. 117 |
| The Shape and Size of the Earth | p. 118 |
| Types of Surveys | p. 119 |
| Angular Measurements | p. 126 |
| Traversing | p. 127 |
| Electronic Traversing | p. 132 |
| Global Positioning System | p. 133 |
| Location and Direction | p. 141 |
| Location | p. 142 |
| Direction | p. 149 |
| Location and Direction on a Quadrangle Map | p. 156 |
| Map Geometry | p. 157 |
| Plotting Property Using Latitudes and Departures | p. 163 |
| Legal Descriptions and Plot Plans | p. 179 |
| Metes and Bounds | p. 180 |
| Lot and Block | p. 180 |
| Rectangular System | p. 181 |
| Plot Plans | p. 187 |
| Sewage Disposal Methods | p. 189 |
| Utilities on the Plot Plan | p. 195 |
| Site Design Considerations | p. 195 |
| Rural Residential Fire Department Access and Site Planning | p. 197 |
| Property Line Layout | p. 199 |
| Steps in Site Plot Layout | p. 201 |
| Contour Lines | p. 223 |
| Contour Line Characteristics | p. 224 |
| Types of Contour Lines | p. 229 |
| Constructing Contour Lines from Field Notes | p. 230 |
| Plotting Contour Lines with a CAD System | p. 241 |
| Enlarging Contour Maps | p. 242 |
| Enlarging Maps in CADD | p. 244 |
| Digitizing and Scanning | p. 244 |
| Horizontal Alignment Layout | p. 259 |
| Plan Layout | p. 260 |
| Plan Layout with a CAD System | p. 262 |
| Profiles | p. 273 |
| Profile Leveling with Traditional Methods | p. 274 |
| Profile Leveling with CAD | p. 277 |
| Plan and Profile | p. 277 |
| Profile Layout-Vertical Curves | p. 285 |
| Profiles with CAD | p. 287 |
| Plan and Profiles with CAD | p. 288 |
| Earthwork | p. 299 |
| Highway Cut-and-Fill Layout-Traditional Method | p. 300 |
| Highway Cut-and-Fill Layout with a CAD System | p. 305 |
| Cross Sections | p. 305 |
| Site Plan Cut-and-Fill Layout | p. 307 |
| Site Plan Cut-and-Fill Layout with a CAD System | p. 309 |
| Earthwork Calculations | p. 311 |
| Civil Engineering Detail Drawings | p. 327 |
| Civil Engineering Drawing Disciplines | p. 328 |
| Civil Engineering Drawing Standards | p. 329 |
| Civil Engineering Drawing Process | p. 330 |
| Standard Details | p. 335 |
| Symbol Libraries | p. 366 |
| Checking Drawing Standards | p. 368 |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | p. 373 |
| Introduction to GIS | p. 374 |
| History | p. 376 |
| Software and Hardware | p. 377 |
| Training | p. 378 |
| Related Disciplines | p. 378 |
| Third-Party Applications | p. 379 |
| GIS Trends | p. 379 |
| GIS Concepts | p. 379 |
| GIS Components | p. 382 |
| Data Formats | p. 383 |
| GIS Applications | p. 385 |
| Introduction to GPS | p. 390 |
| Measuring Distance | p. 401 |
| Profiles | p. 405 |
| Glossary | p. 409 |
| Index | p. 421 |
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