Engineering drawings
Engineering drawings
(OP)
I have searched the forum but no luck.
I am looking for examples of professional high quality engineering drawings.
Please also critique the engineering drawing I have attached, I would like to improve it.
Thanks
I am looking for examples of professional high quality engineering drawings.
Please also critique the engineering drawing I have attached, I would like to improve it.
Thanks






RE: Engineering drawings
This does not appear to be a SolidWorks question. Questions about drafting should go into forum1103: Drafting Standards, GD&T & Tolerance Analysis.
Have you taken a drafting course anywhere? Formal training really does help.
JHG
RE: Engineering drawings
RE: Engineering drawings
It will save you time and $$ to get formal training in drafting, GD&T and SolidWorks (if SolidWorks is what you are using).
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
RE: Engineering drawings
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
RE: Engineering drawings
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Engineering drawings
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
RE: Engineering drawings
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
RE: Engineering drawings
Repetetive dimensions should called out with a number and an X, to indicate how many times that feature or dimension is on the part.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Engineering drawings
ASME doesn't preclude TYP. "Should" not "shall" :)
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Engineering drawings
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes
RE: Engineering drawings
Having said that, I absolutely understand the need for the standard when you are apt to get removed from your design. I just don't believe that every drawing needs to be held to the same standard, especially if I'm handling it from cradle to grave, as long as you have provided all of the necessary information on the print and in the model.
I'll be hiding in the conference room now...
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Engineering drawings
You are absolutely right, a star for you. We pick and chose what we want to follow. Usually it is the engineer with the most power that wins.
Who gets hurt here is the new young kid starting out that learns none standard way of doing things and then moves on. It is tough sometimes retraining a young kid, “That’s not the way my old company did it”. The one I dislike the most is “That’s not how AutoCAD does it”.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes
RE: Engineering drawings
Have at it! I would say that your company standards should explicitly stated in terms of what does not apply within the Standard, with some general comment like::
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group