Re: House Design Details

Wiley has published a "vintage" version of Graphic Standards on traditional
construction techniques that I was thinking of buying next week as I
remember it is full on wonderful old details, and I may be doing some
traditional library millwork soon.
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MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca

"clintonG" <csgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have spent hundreds of dollars on the 'real thing' over the years even to
>the extent of hiring professional book finder services to help me find the
>older books which is where the really good stuff is found. I think my
>experience is typical of the way things really are.
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> Aside from copies of any state and local code books I agree that Francis
> Ching's books are 'must have' resources as they document detailing and
> residential construction methodology. Wiley's Graphic Standards however is
> prohibitively expensive and for more than a decade been focused primarily
> on commercial and institutional typologies.
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> Older Graphics Standards pre-1985 (at least) were for the most part
> focused on residential and are 'must have' for remodeling, historic
> preservation and those who need to learn residential detailing and
> assemblies. The older books are nearly impossible to find however and
> again, some such as Graphics Standards can be extremely expensive running
> into several hundred dollars.
>
> Michael, contact me about your contract work requirements...
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> "Michael (LS)" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Bob Morrison" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> In a previous post sa_mc says...
>>> > Hi, I'm a civil engineer who in my spare time is trying to help some
>>> > physically disabled adults learn autocad. Hopefully, one or two can
>>> > advance to the point where they can find employment in this field. I
>>> > would appreciate downloads of all necessary construction drawings to
>>> > build a small house or holiday chalet so my students can practice
>>> > recreating these drawings.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I recommend that you go to the library and get a book on house building.
>>> Let your students copy the details from the book. This will improve
>>> their skills a lot more than simply editing an existing electronic file.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Morrison, PE, SE
>>> R L Morrison Engineering Co
>>> Structural & Civil Engineering
>>> Poulsbo WA
>>
>> That's actually a pretty good way to learn the software and (somewhat)
>> construction documentation. I'd HIGHLY suggest using one of Francis
>> Ching's
>> books as a great source of material to emulate (i.e. Building
>> Construction
>> Illustrated would be my first choice but he's put out quite a few books,
>> all
>> of them very well illustrated). Another good book would be the "bible" -
>> Architectural Graphics Standards. It's got lots of good info and is
>> available in book form or CD-Rom. The quality of the drawings aren't
>> always
>> as good as Ching's stuff but it's still a useful tool.
>>
>> To be employable in this field requires more than just a knowledge of the
>> software. I've found that knowing "what/why" is SOOOO much more
>> important
>> than "how". Teaching someone the software is pretty easy (and since
>> everyone does things differently, using different software, has limited
>> benefit to long term employment).
>>
>> It'd be a disservice to your students to concentrate solely on software
>> usage without also address "what" should be drawn and "why" then comes
>> the
>> "how" to draw it part. Also, the more knowledge they have of
>> construction
>> techniques and how things are actually constructed it'll really help
>> them.
>>
>> To give you an example, I'm currently looking for 1-2 people to do
>> free-lance contract work (up to 250+ hours/month on average). The work
>> will
>> be done using Cad Overlay which I have no experience with (nor do any of
>> my
>> current people). I think I'll probably end up having one of my people
>> learn
>> the software because the software learning curve is shorter than the
>> "what/why" of drawing construction documentation. Problem is, if I put
>> one
>> of my current people on the Overlay work then they wouldn't have the time
>> to
>> do their current work.
>>
>> Anyways, to make them employable make sure they know more than just the
>> software!
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>>
>> Michael (LS)
>>
>>
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