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Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies
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Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
I'm trying to continue a previous thread discussing standards for military work.

thread1103-193705: Drawing standards only for Military work

I'm part of a small company that is doing defense contracting work, as part of my job, I was researching how drafting standards have changed, since I was learning engineering drafting in college (8 years ago?).

I noticed the new standard is ASME Y14.100 which was to work in conjuction with DoD standards (MIL-STD-100G).

Please let me know if there have been changes in the standards, or if I have purchased the wrong documents, or if there are additional documents with regards to drawing standards and documentation.

As a side note, purchasing the Y14.100-2004 book was $100 for 38 pages. Is this right or am I missing something?

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Also, order the PDF format, it's easier and quicker to search for data.

Chris
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RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

ASME stds are expensive, and with the exception of 14.5 most of them aren't that long.

Yq4.100 is just the top level spec which references a bunch of others.  

Look through all the stds referenced in 14.100 and see which are most relevant if you don't want to get all of them.  I routinely look at 14.24, 14.38, 14.3, 14.35, 14.6 & B1.1 and less frequently 14.1, 14.34

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RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
Ok, yeah I noticed the package had alot of documents. Some of the documents in the package did not seem to be relevant to what I was doing, but it is a good starting point. It was a little frustrating finally getting the book today to find out in the scope that they state:

"It is essential that this Standard be used in close conjunction with ASME Y14.24, ASME Y14.34M, and ASME Y14.35M."

I was expecting the revision to have a more detailed explanation of the standards or combined other documents instead of providing a reference number.

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

I actually recommend not getting the PDF's unless you already have the printed versions of the ASME standards.  The PDFs are heavily restricted on who can open them and use them.

Matt Lorono
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RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Matt,
True, forgot about that. Thanks.

Chris
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RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Err...but you could print the pdf's.  May cost a few pennies, but nowhere near the $100 new cost price.

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
From my experience, having the book is best, as you can always scan your the book and create your own .pdf files from the scans. Then you can make multiple copies of your document.

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
fcsuper that is very useful thanks for the link

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
I noticed there is a Y14.5 and a Y14.5M does the 2009 version include all data from the 1994 version, or will Y14.5 keep referencing y14.5M?

i.e. buy 2 books instead of 1?

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Y14.5 is the standard (the latest edition being 2009) and previous editions had the suffix "M" to designate it as a metric standard.  But they have now dropped that and it is simply Y14.5.  So it's not like there are two standards; there is only one, and a part is designed according to Y14.5-2009, or to Y14.5M-1994, or Y14.5M-1982. ( I don't know if the 1973 or 1966 editions had the "M".)




 

John-Paul Belanger
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Geometric Learning Systems

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

I supposed "M" meaning for mechanical engineering

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

(OP)
Thanx for the input about M, was wondering if that had anything to do with date or something else.

RE: Proper Drafting Standards Documentation for startup companies

Nope...just a recognition of being for metric.  Not really logical.  However, it would be nice if they did track smaller revisions since every document have some issues not matter how long it's vetted prior to release.

Matt Lorono
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