Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching, Paperback, 9 Edition by Olivo, Thomas P.

Paperback: 9 Edition
9781435483781
1435483782

Publication Date: 2010-03-10
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Paperback : 320 pages
Edition: 9 Edition
Author: Olivo, Thomas P.
ISBN-10: 1435483782
ISBN-13: 9781435483781

Product Description For over 50 years, Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching has been an international best-seller, with close to $500,000 in sales and THE definitive resource for blueprint reading. The newly revised 9th edition of Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching continues the traditions in helping to readers achieve competence in reading and sketching technical drawings. This classic interactive book/workbook will help users develop skills in reading and interpreting industrial drawings and preparing basic to advanced technical sketches. This book will provide them with basic principles, concepts, ANSI and SI Metric drafting symbols and standards, terminology, manufacturing process notes, and other related technical information contained on a mechanical or CAD drawing. Each unit features a basic principle and at least one blueprint and assignment that encourages students to practice newly learned skills. This edition contains coverage of the latest ANSI, ISO, AWS and ASME standards. About the Author Dr. C. Thomas Olivo was the New York State Director of Industrial Education and founder of Delmar Publishers. He was a machinist, a T&I and vocational teacher and a professor. Dr. C. Thomas Olivo received a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Masters of Science Degree and a Doctoral Degree. He was also a recipient of the ASME award for international meritorious service and the author and editor of over sixty vocational textbooks and five hundred publications. Some of the many vocational textbooks Dr. Olivo has authored independently that directly relate to BLUEPRINT READING AND SKETCHING, 9E are PRINCIPLES OF REFRIGERATION and his seven groundbreaking texts on machine tool technology and manufacturing processes.