Handbook for Preparing Engineering Documents: From Concept to Completion

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John Wiley & Sons, 1995 M10 5 - 392 pages
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State-of-the-art in its simple, user-friendly presentation, this comprehensive handbook covers the entire process of preparing, producing, and distributing engineering documents using current computer software and the most recent technologies in information transfer. Available in both hardcover and softcover versions!

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
How this book is organized
8
Audience
15
Background
23
DESIGN
29
Design parameters
38
Summary of prestructuring work
46
Illustrative components
89
PRODUCTION
213
Pilotscale production
243
Distribution
251
BIBLIOGRAPHY
263
Abbreviations and acronyms
277
Capitalization
284
Compounding
291
Metric conversions
296

Data components
107
Integration
118
Collaboratorteam control
130
Legal control
137
PACKAGING
145
Document consolidation
175
Binding
182
TESTING
193
Quality assurance
200
Numbers
301
Punctuation
306
References and notes
318
Spelling
323
Symbols
341
Usage
348
Index
367
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Joan G. Nagle is the author of Handbook for Preparing Engineering Documents: From Concept to Completion, published by Wiley.

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TitleHandbook for Preparing Engineering Documents: From Concept to Completion
AuthorJoan G. Nagle
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 1995
ISBN0780310977, 9780780310971
Length392 pages
  
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