How To Read Structural Steel Drawings

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It is important to know How to read Structural Steel Drawings, and it isn't something that is covered during university. When starting out reading structural drawings can seem overly complex, however, when you break down steel documentation the drawings are not that complex when you break them down.
I will also be going through how to push your steel drawings into the modern age of BIM that will not only simplify your structural steel drawings but also improve your QA and make your steel drawings easier to check.
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00:25 Plan Drawings
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@amirfatol5923 2 жыл бұрын

It was so useful, thanks for uploading such amazing videos Brendan

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Amir, thanks for watching and your support.

@TheunsGideonJudeel 2 жыл бұрын

Great, practical video Brendan. I used to annotate all my members with their full descriptions. Using abbreviations and "Marks" makes for better drawings without the clutter.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Theuns, I agree that the abbreviated annotations are excellent. I had lots of steel fabricators comment on how easy it was to use. Passes on the same annotation as a full description but reduces the clutter.

@alanemarson 2 жыл бұрын

I was talking about this twice today! Amazing timing!

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi ScottishAl, glad to see you back. Happy that I can provide. Thanks for your support.

@industrialengineer4906 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video with very interesting details. Keep up the good work Sir!

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Eagle Fan, thanks for your support. Glad you found it beneficial.

@DeepakKrishna11 2 жыл бұрын

that was a great topic Brendan, keep up the good work.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi again Deepak, I will keep it up BTW it is Brendan =)

@DeepakKrishna11 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanHasty gotcha

@atabademide1020 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, your explanations are really helpful

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ataba, thanks for your support. Glad that I could help.

@MsDJ619 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot , this is very important since I am struggling reading drawings.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Brooks, thanks for your support hope it made it easer.

@alianjohnson6035 2 жыл бұрын

cheers mate great topic - more of this please.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alian, thanks for your support. Already have several lined up should be out shortly.

@alianjohnson6035 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanHasty look forward to it

@eusabiaga12 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Can you make more content like this !

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Fernando, there is another one dropping this week, in concrete drawing.

@herdesign9234 2 жыл бұрын

Do more of these. A vlog would be super cool when collaborating with architects. Would be Nice.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi De sign, thanks for your support. I have both already in the queue. a Vlog Style video is coming out tomorrow.

@herdesign9234 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanHasty nice! thanks!!

@smpconsulting7056 2 жыл бұрын

Great Channel Brendan, I 've just come accross it and already consumed a fair chuck of the content. Something I see as a gap of knowledge between the consulting industry and the steel fabrication industry is what is currently considered best practice in the steel fabrication industry and the move by industry to utilise advanced manufacturing technologies more. Drawings at some stage will be relied upon less by the fabrication industry and already I am seeing fab shops and steel detailing consultants around Australia move to a preference for smart models as their preferred deliverable. I would be interested to see some vids from you about your experience in this space.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi SMP, I agree that is the direction the industry is heading and linking Analysis to documentations and fabrication drawings. I think it is still many years off, but it is getting easier and easier to do. this would be a interesting topic to cover

@smpconsulting7056 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanHasty it's happening now Brendan, I have worked on projects where it was a contract requirement, one being a pilot project for a large BHP project. I'd be happy to share the experience.

@architadas5538 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video sir

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Archita thank you for your support, hope it was helpful.

@architadas5538 2 жыл бұрын

Sir I am civil engineering graduate . Currently i do my specialisation in structural engineering .That type of videos are very help ful for us .Thank you sir .

@karmatenzin1075 2 жыл бұрын

as always an awesome video. can you do a video on softwares that a structural engineer should know? thanks

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Karma, thanks for your support. I do have a video on the best structural design software kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNKfrKqJ3aqqeX0.html it is an older video sorry for the quailty. That is a good idea for a video thanks for the suggestion.

@hockeymoments9583 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your great video(s). I would like to know the meaning of 'Ex' in expressions such as 'Ex 10mm ms plate...' Thanks in advance for your attention. PS: The term is usually found in structural steel drawings. I have not been able to find a good reference for this.

@samyvanegas 2 жыл бұрын

I am a civil engineer but I have more experience as a project manager. However, my dream is to work as a structural engineer. I am considering doing a masters degree in structural engineering and you are very inspiring to me it makes me want to start my master now! Haha

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Samyvanegas, thanks for the support. Glad that my content has motivated you into considering structural engineering.

@kimmypush9898 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👌👌

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kimmy thanks for watching.

@staffordbiggs701 2 жыл бұрын

Great. You have any Roof Truss Design.

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Stafford Biggs, thank for your support. I don't yet have a video on roof truss design

@naturalharmoniagropius4486 2 жыл бұрын

This is helpful for me

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Thanks for your support.

@igorbt6706 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Can you tell me what are the tolerances allowed in structural steel?

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Igor, design tollarance would be 10 to 20mm. fabrication is lot less there is only about 4mm.

@shazebmirza9336 2 жыл бұрын

is CAD still being used for detailing or it is replaced by BIM(tekla ,revit e.t.c)

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Shazeb, most details are still 2D but in revit so basically cad. Complex steel details do get modelled in the 3D space and drawing have isometric views. In Australia revit is king at the moment tekla hasn't moved here in mass yet.

@kindness7794 2 жыл бұрын

can you please share the drawings either in pdf for dwg format please

@CMRHM 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you can talk more about this "how to read steel structure drawing" topic in more details, is this possible?

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

There are already several videos on the why, how to read concrete drawings and timber drawings.

@constructionworld9137 2 жыл бұрын

Hey As a 3rd yesr bachelor student doing civil engineering What do you think i should focus more on to be good in this fielf I want to major in structural eng Kindly recommend some books too Thank you

@BrendanHasty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching, when starting out focus on structural mechanics. But don't neglect communication skills written, spoken and documentation(drawing/schematics). Good luck in your studies.