What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
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If a multinational company has drafting offices in both the US and Europe, India or the Far East, what drafting standards do they use (e.g. ANSI, ISO, etc), particularly if parts drafted in different regions are used in the same final product?
I guess there are as many different answers as there are companies, but I'm trying to get a feel for the field.
I guess there are as many different answers as there are companies, but I'm trying to get a feel for the field.





RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
Chris
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RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
I think a "good" drawing will hold up almost anywhere in the world. The different standards just try to enforce a common language to define "good." Inevitably you will get calls from the supplier anyways, so just make sure you speak their language!
RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
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RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." - Henry Ford
RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
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RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
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RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
We have a copy of PDMWorks (Solidworks is used at all locations) but don't use it here because we're too small (in-house) to make it efficient. Can that application be used via an Internet-accessible database to have a global 'vault' with all the drawings in it? Is there a different application you use?
I suppose I should start a new thread, but this one seems relatively topical.
RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
Maybe you should ask this question in the SolidWorks forum.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications
RE: What Drafting Standards do International Companies Use?
On PDM ... Solidworks PDMworks with the "Advanced Server" option (more $) allows a web portal into your PDM database from any web browser anywhere. I believe it is also security configurable for access passwords and read vs. write access.
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