Meaning of shop drawing | Babel Free

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A detailed drawing showing how construction components should be manufactured, assembled, or installed.

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“Detail and assembled drawing may be subdivided into two other general classes: (1) shop drawing and (2) show drawing […] A shop drawing is a drawing calculated to facilitate manufacture, and may be a detail or an assembled drawing, or both. It is usually an outline drawing, very plain and free from ornamentation.”

“The two chief essentials of a shop drawing, under which general heads a multitude of detail requirements can be summed up, are: (1.) Absolutely complete and definite instructions from designer to workman. (2.) Least possible costs in dollars and cents of production of the drawing measured by the draftsman's time.”

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