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WLD 156 Blueprint Reading and Sketching


Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 7
Credits: 5

Covers basic sketching techniques and reading for three-view drawings for welders. Includes dimensioning practices, scaling, line alphabet, notes, and symbols. Emphasizes developing skills in reading detail and weldment drawings.

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate basic understanding of blueprints and sketches
  2. Explain welds and other assemblies represented in blueprints and drawings
  3. Define weld types and symbols, as used in blueprints


Content Outline
  • Basic Blueprint Reading Principles
  • Standard Structural Shapes
  • Standard Measurement of Various Structural Shapes
  • Auxiliary Views and Sections
  • Detail Drawings
  • Welding Symbols
  • Standard Welds and Symbols
  • Various Review and Achievement Tests