Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Mar 26, 2016 9:10 am I am looking for information on interpreting my engineers drawings ie the acronyms and terminology. I find draftsman concepts or WD's and engineers civils quite straight forward to interpret, just the structural get's a little more difficult to grasp. Appreciate information of other forums web links books or previous threads with good information. Example some of the terms used in member schedule are straight forward such as LVL. However terms such as the following I'm not so sure of : I understand 2#90x45 - F17 KDHW however unsure of H.N.L or V.N.L I'm guessing a type of timber manufacture ? also interested in how to interpret the cross section symbols on eng drawings. Example of another term used is WB-B ... Thank you Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31820 I recently hit a snag with my new build with Metricon. On the block I purchased there is an old covenant when the land was subdivided in 1971 that "the exterior walls of… 0 1515 Thanks for all replies. I just noticed now the pictures I added to post right on top of page were wrong. I attached pictures showing "current" and my "suggested" floor… 9 14644 |