I was taught to use this by my senior engineers, don't know if this has a reference somewhere. thickness (in) x width (in) x long dim (ft-in)

I've also been taught as slickdeals. There are no units on the thickness and width, but there are on the length. PL 1/2 x 12 x 1'-0" PL 1 x 4 x 0'-8"

I do the same as slickdeals and nutte

A pdf file is attached from AISC "Detailing for Steel Construction" 1983. The use of computers has probably modified some of the symbols that are u...

Excellent document steele6707. Reinforces what I was taught.

I, also, was taught the same way as Nutte and slickdeals. That would be an excellent name for a porno, btw...

Interesting. While the way that is agreed upon by everyon here is in fact the way that I have seen it done in other design firms, I personally came...

VAStrEngr - yes - outdated. Here's another document that shows the "old" way vs. the "new" way: http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=d...