【Life on the Construction Site】Civil Engineering University Curriculum Linkage Construction Work Series-Engineering Graphics

Whether it is a construction site or a civil engineering site, the medium of communication for everyone is engineering drawings. You may not be able to draw, but you must be able to read them. University engineering drawing teaches how to draw and draw a design drawing. , but in practice, the construction industry pays more attention to the view, while the consulting industry pays more attention to the design

The engineering drawing course in the university teaches the basic method of using autocad, but to be honest, for young people nowadays, this skill can be learned without being taught, so I think the visual ability is more important. I often don’t understand what the architectural drawings and structural drawings are doing, because the floor plan you see in the school will not grow out of the house for you to see, and the marking of the steel bars on the structural standard drawing is simplified, you really need to know what the drawings are drawing. , or need some field experience Caixing.

What to study in engineering graphics

In my impression, our engineering graphics study is to take a drawn design drawing and draw it exactly the same. The first few classes teach you the basic operation method of autocad, how to draw a straight line? How to draw polyline? Functions such as circle, arc, array, mirroring, etc., are not all used in actual drawing.

In fact, in my personal opinion, these basic operating skills do not need to be explained. You only need to use them when you actually draw. Then, if you think the drawing is slow, you will learn how to use the shortcut keys. It is the fastest to learn by doing, and the efficiency of the class is actually not tall.

As for the view, some schools seem to teach the identification method of engineering drawings. For example, some open courses in some universities will say from left to right, top to bottom, etc. After reading the drawings carefully, I admit that I did not. Seriously, but at least one skill must be developed, you have to find the information you need.

The working application of engineering graphics

As far as design is concerned, I don't have any suggestions, because I have never been engaged in design work, but if you only copy and paste, you will be kicked out by the boss sooner or later. Design is thinking, thinking is not copying and pasting, otherwise anyone will do it. Yes, yes.

As for the use of autocad, it is very commonly used to calculate the quantity, and it is not a special technique. It is to aggregate a line point a little, type a dozen words, mark a size, and then enter excel to calculate it, it is not very difficult. It is difficult to teach the architects the difficult techniques.

If there are public works, it may be necessary to change the drawings. After all, some minor modifications on the construction drawings have to be passed back to the manufacturer. I don’t know how much time it will take. Therefore, there is always someone in the office who can draw and change the drawings. Usually this is The youngest do it. After all, some old directors are experienced on-site, but the computer operation is relatively unfamiliar.

Different from computer operation, trying is the most important ability in work. If you can't understand the picture, you can guarantee that you will be laughed at by the master, but the view is only the first step. It is really amazing to see what is wrong in the picture.

In the first three years of my social life, the company had a very strange perception that sitting in the office was messing around, and going to the construction site was serious work, probably because the boss was most accustomed to going to the construction site to find faults, so he also asked We want to do this, but you don't even know if you're doing it right or not, and how to pick up your faults.

The ideal situation is that someone can take you with a picture and teach you how to identify the drawing and how the finished product looks like. In this way, you can gradually convert the 2D drawings into 3D in your mind. It is possible to find problems, otherwise you can't even read what you want to find, and it's good not to fall asleep.

Epilogue

If you are not an undergraduate graduate and come to do construction, it is suggested that you can take a picture to the construction site and be familiar with how to communicate and express in engineering. I believe you can also change from a layman to an expert.