Synopses & Reviews
Develops marketable skills and a solid foundation for reading and interpreting industrial drawings (blueprints) and preparing technical sketches. Includes a completely revised introduction to CAD, CAM, NC, and CNC drawings. Updated to ANSI, AWS, and other standards. An Instructor's Guide, Electronic Instructor's Resource Kit includes of over 200 technology content illustrations and a Resource Material and Instructional Planning Manual are available. ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Resource Material,
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.Thomas P. Olivo currently is president of Olivo Associates, an international vocational educational consulting agency and textbook publisher. He was a draftsman and an Industrial Art teacher for several years. Mr. Olivo has taught T&I teachers, as well as several graduate level courses in Engineering Drawing and Curriculum Development in three major universities. He served as a State Supervisor of Technical Education and has co-authored six textbooks with Dr. C.T. Olivo in the areas of blueprint reading and sketching, applied mathematics and applied physics. He has also authored BLUEPRINT READING AND SKETCHING FOR INDUSTRY and numerous self-paced instructional modules in auto mechanics and carpentry. Thomas P. Olivo was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Experienced Teacher Fellowship Award. He has a Master's Degree specializing in materials and Processes of Industry and has completed two years of professional study beyond his Master's Degree while being certified as a Vocational Counselor and School Administrator.
Table of Contents
PART 1 BASIC BLUEPRINT READING: Lines. Views. Dimensions and Notes. The SI Metric System. Working Drawings. Sections. Welding Drawings. Computer Numerical Control Fundamentals. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. Computer Graphics Technology. PART 2 TECHNICAL SKETCHING: Sketching Lines and Basic Forms. Freehand Lettering. Shop Sketching: Pictorial Drawings. Sketching for CAD/CNC. Index.