shop drawing connection details
shop drawing connection details
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Normally i do not create shop drawings, but we are working on some small platforms made from c5 x6.4 channel, which will require them. There is coped and butt joints, involved which are all welded. Does someone have an example on the proper procedure for calling out and detailing connections? ie. ab1 ab2 etc. Can i call them whatever i want? Also what other shop drawing standards should i know about?






RE: shop drawing connection details
A typical weld detail for each joint type would suffice if you feel the project warrants it. On C5 the difference between welded toes with a stitched web and 100% is another inch or so of weld.
Extra callouts in plain english never hurt. Pointing out that a joint is coped and is typical of that joint orientation makes things clear.
Finally (again I'm assuming you aren't building the observation platform on the Burj Dubai) if you don't know all the appropriate drafting standards, draw it the best you can and explain to the fabricator what you want. You'll probably be more than satisfied with the results.
RE: shop drawing connection details
RE: shop drawing connection details
The only option you might have for a shortcut is to find a similar drawing from which you can hijack the details.
...but then again, that's not a photocopy of the Mona Lisa hanging in the Louvre. :)
Good luck!
RE: shop drawing connection details
Thanks
RE: shop drawing connection details
Go to the AISC website and order the "Detailing for Steel Construction 3rd Edition." This is an excellent resource for creating steel shop drawings and it includes example shop drawings.