Discusses the requirements for establishing, maintaining and revitalizing an efficient engineering documentation control system for use by technical and manufacturing personnel in private industry. The book stresses simplicity and common sense in the development and implementation of all control practices, procedures and forms. A list of effective interchangeability rules, a glossary of essential engineering documentation terms and an extensive bibliography of key literature sources are provided.;This work is intended for mechanical, computer, design, manufacturing and civil engineers; program, purchasing and documentation and production control managers; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate and continuing-education students in these fields.

Product specification, Technical drawing, Engineering drawings, Drawings, Technical documents, Documents, Diagrams, Graphic representation, Graphic symbols, Symbols, Abbreviations, Dimensions, Dimensional tolerances, Data representation, Data security, Data storage, Marking, Surfaces

Frank B. Watts