Structural Drawing Questions

• These are joined together in the field to build a structure:
• This material is used in masonry construction, most commonly for ornamental facing:
• This is a common method for connecting steel members of buildings and bridges:
• These plans, made by the steel fabricator, are assembly drawings for the steel structure:
• In this type of concrete, the steel is pretensioned before the superimposed load is applied:
• This type of weld is the most common in structural steel fabrication:
• This type of structural steel drawing shows all dimensions necessary for fabrication:
• Tolerance stacking has little effect on the fit of steel members.
• Structural steel shop drawings are usually calculated to the nearest ½ inch.
• Brick and tile are some of the less common forms of building construction.
• AISC recommends one standard connection for attaching beams.
• Due to wood loss in surfacing, the nominal size of structural timber is larger than its dressed thickness.
• Structural steel is available in two standard shapes.
• Reinforced concrete has embedded steel reinforcing bars.
• A piece mark should be shown wherever a separately handled member appears on the drawings.
• Riveting is seldom used as a connection method in structural steel.
• Shop drawings consist of detail drawings of all parts of the entire structure showing exactly how the parts are to be made.
• Many different types of wood are used as structural timber.
• Symbols are seldom used to indicate requirements for finished surfaces on wood.
• Most CAD programs have structural shapes symbol libraries available.