Quantities on Item Call-outs
Quantities on Item Call-outs
(OP)
One of my co-workers and I are attempting to unify the cad standards at my workplace and we've come to a head over how to call out quantites in item discriptions.
I was always taught that quantites go in parenthasis. If for example, I needed two bent plates, I would call out:
(2) BT PL
My coworker, agrees with me that this looks good, and makes sense, but is convinced it's incorrect nonetheless and insists it ought to be:
2-BT PL
Does anyone know if there is a standard about this, and what it actually says, if not what do you see most often in your experience?
I was always taught that quantites go in parenthasis. If for example, I needed two bent plates, I would call out:
(2) BT PL
My coworker, agrees with me that this looks good, and makes sense, but is convinced it's incorrect nonetheless and insists it ought to be:
2-BT PL
Does anyone know if there is a standard about this, and what it actually says, if not what do you see most often in your experience?





RE: Quantities on Item Call-outs
Not many posters in this forum from the structural world, mostly mechanical & aerospace, and I'm not sure this forum has a good record of answering structural Qs. If you don't get a good answer you may want to check out one of the more structures minded forum.
KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...
RE: Quantities on Item Call-outs
I would use 2X on the drawing, 2 on the qty column within the PL, or BOM.
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 02, 2008)
RE: Quantities on Item Call-outs
That being said if this isn't drawn to that standard and I saw both of the OP's examples on the print, I would say the first example is correct,(2) BT PL. A dash is often used in abbreviations and other notes and has very specific meanings, as in thread callouts. I think that there is too much room for misinterpretation by using a dash and would instead use parenthesis.
David
RE: Quantities on Item Call-outs
KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...