General Flag notes
General Flag notes
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I am having a discussion about the use of periods in flag notes. The argument being presented is that since the numbers in the General Notes use periods, the triangular flags we use should also contain the period.
I've never seen them used in the medical device or manufacturing jobs I had before, but perhaps aerospace is different?
I've never seen them used in the medical device or manufacturing jobs I had before, but perhaps aerospace is different?
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RE: General Flag notes
The examples in 14.24-1999 Types and Applications of Engineering Drawings don't appear to have periods in the flag symbols.
However, in 14.24 the notes in the general note section with flag symbols don't have a period after the number here. General notes without the flag symbol do appear to have periods.
Make sense?
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RE: General Flag notes
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RE: General Flag notes
Chris
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AutoCAD 06/08
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RE: General Flag notes
I am used to seeing "arrow flag notes" and general notes without periods inside the flag symbol (square, triangle, hex), and numbered general notes without flag symbols to always have periods after the number.
Ewh, you raise a good point that I didn't argue before. Many of our drawings are made on D size, and printed on B paper, but sometimes they are printed on A. I'll have to try to find a bad example to support the "readability" argument. I guess my "it looks dumb" position wasn't strong enough.
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RE: General Flag notes
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Chris
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RE: General Flag notes
I would venture to guess that a flag note in the general notes could have a period simply because you are adding a flag outline to the note that would already be there. So if you want to use the perios there, I still would not use periods in the flags that appear on body of the drawing itself. This is just all opinion of course, because the standard speaks not of this.
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