Introduction To Print ReadingDOE-HDBK-1016/1-93INTRODUCTION TO PRINT READINGINTRODUCTION TO PRINT READINGA through knowledge of the information presented in the title block, the revisionblock, the notes and legend, and the drawing grid is necessary before a drawingcan be read. This information is displayed in the areas surrounding the graphicportion of the drawing.EO 1.1STATE the five types of information provided in the title blockof an engineering drawing.EO 1.2STATE how the grid system on an engineering drawing is usedto locate a piece of equipment.EO 1.3STATE the three types of information provided in the revisionblock of an engineering drawing.EO 1.4STATE the purpose of the notes and legend section of anengineering drawing. IntroductionThe ability to read and understand information contained on drawings is essential to perform mostengineering-related jobs. Engineering drawings are the industry's means of communicatingdetailed and accurate information on how to fabricate, assemble, troubleshoot, repair, and operatea piece of equipment or a system. To understand how to "read" a drawing it is necessary to befamiliar with the standard conventions, rules, and basic symbols used on the various types ofdrawings. But before learning how to read the actual "drawing," an understanding of theinformation contained in the various non-drawing areas of a print is also necessary. This chapterwill address the information most commonly seen in the non-drawing areas of a nuclear gradeengineering type drawing. Because of the extreme variation in format, location of information,and types of information presented on drawings from vendor to vendor and site to site, alldrawings will not necessarily contain the following information or format, but will usually besimilar in nature.In this handbook the terms print, drawing, and diagram are used interchangeably to denote thecomplete drawing. This includes the graphic portion, the title block, the grid system, the revisionblock, and the notes and legend. When the words print, drawing, or diagram, appear in quotes,the word is referring only to the actual graphic portion of the drawing.Rev. 0PR-01Page 1
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