Pipe Drafting and Design

Pipe Drafting and Design, Fourth Edition is a tried and trusted guide to the terminology, drafting methods, and applications of pipes, fittings, flanges, valves, and more. Those new to this subject will find no better introduction on the topic, with easy step-by-step instructions, exercises, review questions, hundreds of clear illustrations, explanations of drawing techniques, methodology and symbology for piping and instrumentation diagrams, piping arrangement drawings and elevations, and piping isometric drawings. This fully updated and expanded new edition also explains procedures for building 3D models and gives examples of field-scale projects showing flow diagrams and piping arrangement drawings in the real world.

The latest relevant standards and codes are also addressed, making this a valuable and complete reference for experienced engineers, too.

• Provides tactics on the drafting and design of pipes, from fundamentals to detailed advice on the development of piping drawings, using manual and CAD techniques
• Covers 3-D model images that provide an uncommon opportunity to visualize an entire piping facility
• Includes exercises and questions designed for review and practice
• Introduces the latest 3D modeling software programs and 3D scanning systems

Roy A. Parisher is a professor and former department chair of the Engineering Design Graphics department at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, where he has taught for over 40 years. He also taught at the University of Houston Downtown’s Summer Piping Institute.

Robert A. Rhea is a former associate professor of engineering technology at the University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas.