Author: Walter C. Brown and Dr. Ryan K. Brown

Print Reading for Industry is ideal for beginning and intermediate students, in addition to those participating in on-the-job training. The text focuses on interpreting and visualizing drawings and prints used in industrial settings. This revised edition features a full-color design, includes new content discussing the role of prints in the digital age, and updates the coverage of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to current standards. Additionally, it provides coverage of several foundational skills needed for print reading success, including basic mathematics, geometry principles, measurement tools, and the design process. The many prints found in the text are supplemented with an accompanying print packet containing large-size industry prints for further practice.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Print Reading for Industry 11e, Online Textbook

• Front Matter
• Section 1 Introduction to Drafting and Print Reading
• • 1 - Prints: The Language of Industry
  • 2 - Line Conventions and Lettering
  • 3 - Title Blocks and Parts Lists
• Section 2 Fundamentals of Shape Description
• • 4 - Geometric Terms and Construction
  • 5 - Multiview Drawings
  • 6 - Section Views
  • 7 - Auxiliary Views
  • 8 - Screw Thread Representation
• Section 3 Fundamentals of Size Description and Annotations
• • 9 - Dimensioning
  • 10 - Tolerancing
  • 11 - Machining Specifications and Drawing Notes
  • 12 - Surface Texture Symbols
  • 13 - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
  • 14 - Drawing Revision Systems
• Section 4 Industrial Drawing Types
• • 15 - Detail Drawings
  • 16 - Assembly Drawings
• Section 5 Specialized Parts and Prints
• • 17 - Springs and Fasteners in Industrial Prints
  • 18 - Gears, Splines, and Serrations
  • 19 - Cam Diagrams and Prints
  • 20 - Plastic Parts
  • 21 - Precision Sheet Metal Parts
  • 22 - Welding Prints
  • 23 - Fluid Power Prints
• Appendix A Applied Mathematics
• Appendix B Measurement Tools
• Appendix C Sketching Pictorial Drawings
• Appendix D Abbreviations and Tables
• Glossary
• Index