The best book to learn drafting standards

[scrap08]

Is there a specific book any of you would recommend to learn drafting standards? Most books from my school just teach how to use Autocad itself as a program and not much on what the standards are. I know most companies have their own way on doing things but what book would teach me the things on the drawing paper that won't change between companies and are drafting standards? Thank you in advance.

[ReMark]

Standards vary by discipline and by company. A book will give you some general guidelines but once you go to work for a company you will be using their standards which may differ from others in the same field.

 

What field are you interested in?

[scrap08]

I am interested in any industry that will hire me, I have my associate's in drafting technology, but not a lot of companies that want entry level people with no practical work experience. I studied mechanical as my discipline but I think now I would rather go into architectural.

[ReMark]

If you are interested in the architectural field then you might want to acquaint yourself with the AIA standards. Many large architectural firms follow these guidelines. I'm assuming that you live in the United States. Is that correct?

 

This rather brief article will give you some idea of what the AIA specifications in CAD are all about. You can find many good sources of further detailed information online.

 

One book I can definitely recommend would be Architectural Drafting & Design by Jefferis and Madsen.

[scrap08]

Yes I live in Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you for the information about the AIA standards. What would you suggest if I went into a mechanical field?

[ReMark]

I would recommend Mechanical Drawing by Frederick Ernest Giesecke. You might also want to take a look at Modern Graphics Communication.

[JD Mather]

...What would you suggest if I went into a mechanical field?

 

ANSI/ASME is prevalent in USA.

 

Find information on ANSI Y 14

[scrap08]

Ok, thank you both.

[Ski_Me]

This is crazy and maybe a bit off topic but I got my degree in drafting but nobody wanted to hire me as a drafter so I hired on as a fire alarm tech with a mechanical contractor. They have no idea that I'm even doing drawings or design. But anyway the refs the guys gave you are good ones to start with. I would'nt worry about having to learn the company's standards they should be apparent when you look at the template they give you to work with.