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PAPER SIZES

PAPER SIZES

PAPER SIZES

(OP)
I've just been hipped to the knowledge that 11X17 (ANSI C) is the most favored paper size for contract drawings.

Who agrees/disagrees?

I disagree, I think ISO A1 is the most popular.

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(OP)
Oooops, 11X17 is ANSI B. Sorry, sorry...

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It would not surprise me because you could easily fold it into a binder and many copiers will handle it.

I prefer D size but my field is machine design. It has enough room for most components without crowding views and dimensions and you can fold it into an A size. I can't stand E size and will use multiple sheets of D before I make one single E drawing. They are too hard to fold and you can't lay them down on a desk (at least on mine), not to mention plotting them.

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I see D as the most popular. Most details fit on it and it is easily reduced to fit size B.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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I agree with Chris.  D is a good size.  You can fit much detail on it and it is still readable when printed to a B size.  Any larger format, and you loose too much when printing to B.

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I've always like A1 and A2 sizes for metric and thier closest ANSI relatives, the C and D size. They're just much easier to handle, fold, and lay on other people's desks. If I'm going to be explainging a print to several people in a board room I'll print out the A0, but otherwise it's gotta be a managable A1.

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   I like to hang E sized drawings on the wall.  It is an ideal size for arrangements, where you want maximum size and detail.

   I have a strong preference for 1:1 scale on fabrication drawings.  In many cases, you can do a quick and dirty inspection by lying the part on the drawing.  This results in a lot of E and D_sized drawings.  If you use 4mm or 5/32" fonts, the full sized drawings are readable from a distance (when they are hanging on somebody's wall), and the reduced sized prints are readable.  

   Our assembly people do not want to see anything larger than D_size.  Big drawings do not fit on work benches.

                       JHG

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I'm with Chris on this D-size then print 1/2 scale 11x17.  Although, I have done multi sheet E size drawings for some pump housing castings and machine drawings.  

Our assembly dept. barks at anything over a B-size.

It would be a wonderful thing if we could really go paperless....wasn't that the initial selling point of CAD?

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Heckler, I agree.
Our company announced 2 years ago we were going paperless. Everthing went on-line, automated, etc. Now we generate more paperwork than ever!

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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D-Size seems to be the way to go. We are quite some distance away from our mfr, so every drawing is made a D-Size PDF. We print a hard copy on 11X17 here in the office, and they can print whatever size works best for them there. PDF actually is great. I think we may even go from hard copy to PDF only if we can figure it out... then only print something out if necessary... which now that i think about is is all the time.. but what the hell... many wrong paths where departed walked with good intentions...

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From the wall of our FAA Inspector.
"We will become a paperless office, when the Earth becomes a treeless planet...then we'll switch to synthetics"

Put me down for ANSI B.
Rerig

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We still use both Autocad and Solidworks. Some people have viewers and others don't, some don't have plotters, some even want R14 drawings. I am starting to put everything on pdf and email it to purchasing so they can do what they want with it. I quit plotting drawings and putting them in the mail.

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I may have plotted two drawings in the last three years.  Everything is in cgm format and printed on B size paper.  We may not be paperless, but we do use less than we used to.

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What is a cgm format?

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It stands for Computer Graphics Metafile, and is used somewhat like a jpeg.  This is the drawing file that everyone gets to see here, as well as the format we send to our customers.

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