Types of Structural Drawings – Shop Drawings, Steel Fabrication Drawings

Structural Drawings are mainly considered as a set of drawings of steel, wood, concrete and other materials supposed to be used in construction of building. Structural drawings are heart of any structural project as shapes, symbols and other information evaluated with less complexity. It is used to measure connections, reinforcing, dimensions and material estimation. At present time material estimation must be measured more accurately as wastage of material can make high cost and can waste time.
Structural Drawings includes following:
•    Foundation Plan Drawings
•    Drawings For Shallow and Raft Foundation
•    Roof Trusses and Joint Details
•    RCC Joint and Slab Details
•    Steel Plan and Machine Foundation Details
•    Cross Sections of Beams and Columns
•    Bolted Steel Connection Details
It is crucial technique that used for variety of building structures like residential, commercial, institutional, industrial and special structures like sky scrapers. Mainly structural drawings can be described in two types like shop drawings and steel fabrication drawings. Let us get in brief for both phases as described below:
Shop Drawings:
It can be described as a pictorial presentation of building components to be used in construction. Shop drawings include important segments like elevations, dimensions and measurements. The style of shop drawings is different from other drawings. It shows more details than construction documents. Various structural firms assist 2D shop drawings and that include the following:
•    Structural Steel Shop Designing
•    Cabinet shop designs
•    Column shop drawings
•    Precast concrete
•    Steel components
•    Elevators
•    Air handling Units
Steel Fabrication Drawings:
It is a popular term that used to build accurate buildings. Now a day various structural firms are providing pre fabricated designs so it is easy to use for different steel structures. It includes pre fabricated building components like steel elevators, trusses, window and cabinet. Details like anchor setting plan, structural steel design, connection details and bill of material can be measured using steel fabrication drawings.
Without structural drawings we can't imagine accurate building structures. Structural drawings have own importance in structural industry and it works like a bridge between contactors/builders and structural engineers.
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