dwg standard
dwg standard
(OP)
In the world of detailed and not so detailed drawings mechanical and electrical, and whatever else, I'm told there is an industry 'standard' for using ALL CAPS. I hate this. If you read about readability and/or lettering, you will find that using all caps is not only annoying, but harder to read. Additionally, when you want certain text to stand out (such as a box that begins with "NOTE:") it just looks stupid in all caps. Additionally, all caps takes up more space, and all capitalization is out.
What would have to be done to change the world concerning this? I've done thousands of drawings in lower case, and have been told it's much neater and easier to read, but since it doesn't conform to this alleged STANDARD, I am no longer to do so. I'd love to hear your comments as professionals who create/read such drawings.......
Thanks
What would have to be done to change the world concerning this? I've done thousands of drawings in lower case, and have been told it's much neater and easier to read, but since it doesn't conform to this alleged STANDARD, I am no longer to do so. I'd love to hear your comments as professionals who create/read such drawings.......
Thanks





RE: dwg standard
The only exceptions I can recall are some architects - they always love to be "creative" and "special".
Maybe it's time for a new convention, but to me, the real question is when do we stop using 3-D CAD to re-create manually-drawn plans and sections? But, I digress....
RE: dwg standard
I have seen a movement away from that convention on CAD drawings now, but to be honest it becomes a problem again when you reduce a drawing in a copier or print it on smaller paper, something that only became possible long after the All Caps convention was established.
RE: dwg standard
By biggest annoyance with lowercase is, as jrafe mentioned, when looking at a recduced sized copies.
So here is where I stand, all notes on plans should be in all caps for clarity, as these are the drawnigs whose half size copies are often needed for convenience. Also as dpc mentioned notes on plans are seldom complete sentences. I have no problem with "standard specifications if included on drawings on a sheet by itself being in lower case as they are there more for statutory reasons than real technical needs. Larger projects invariably have specs in book format anyway.