Why hire Structural Drafter in Construction & Structure Design?
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of buildings, complexes, industrial facilities and other civil
structures. Structural drafting is the process of preparing
construction documents that clearly describe the components involved,
their details and structural drawings. A Structural Drafter is also
called a computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting expert catering to
structural drafting and drawing related needs. The drafter should have
strong analytical, mathematical and drawing skills to deliver quality
results in rapid turnaround time.
Basic duties of structural drafter involve preparation of as-built
plans, construction drawings and reference notes for coordination with
project members. Technical details of structures or structural members
with their exact dimensions, load calculations and cost-estimates can
be found in these drawings. These drawings can be directly used for
the fabrication of components and construction of structures like
stairs, girders, handrails, partitions and others.
Drafters use AutoCAD, Revit structures and other CAD program to
visualize 3D models of structures, detail structural components and
deliver final drawings in various formats as per requirements. It is
important to note that sometime manual drafting is also performed as
per the complexity of structure and availability of time.
Drafters are specialists in drawing and with the aide of computer
software can produce high-quality designs and construction plans with
minimum or no errors. Modern CAD program such as Tekla and Revit
alerts the user for any conflict and correct the errors automatically.
The CAD program can reshuffle, modify and replicate parts of
structural design, modify drawing's size and dimensions, view drawings
from various angles to suit the needs. The software comes with rich
library of structural symbols, template designs, graphic tables and
detailing modules.
A structural drafter uses hand-drawn sketches, scribbles and images as
provided by the architect or structural engineer. He/she can be an
integral part of a construction process or can work independently
depending on the size and complexity of project. Architects, Design-
build firms and Construction companies hire structural drafters to
improve productivity of the in-house staff and free up critical
resources to improve profitability.
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