Need basic help
Need basic help
(OP)
Hello everybody!
My name is Roman. I'm rookie in US engineering. I studied mechanical engineering in my country (Ukraine). I see differences in standarts of drafting & other branches. So I need basic help. Can someone give me advice what literature should I choose to get required general knowledge in rules & standarts of US engineering, draftings etc.
Thank you!
My name is Roman. I'm rookie in US engineering. I studied mechanical engineering in my country (Ukraine). I see differences in standarts of drafting & other branches. So I need basic help. Can someone give me advice what literature should I choose to get required general knowledge in rules & standarts of US engineering, draftings etc.
Thank you!





RE: Need basic help
If you are interested in dimensioning and tolerancing focus especially on Y14.5.
RE: Need basic help
You may be better served by a good drafting/drawing book.
I have earlier versions of:
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and
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and recommend both.
RE: Need basic help
They are expensive, perhaps a library or something has some you can look at.
If you're doing serious drafting a copy of ASME Y14.5M-**** (where **** is the edition date) may be a worthwhile investment. As to choosing which version, a lot depends on what version your employer/potential employers adhere to.
Also, be aware, not everyone in every drafting office in the US ... fully complies with the standards.
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What's wrong with you Ken? You're setting the guy up for failure :D
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I could have said 'most', or 'a lot of' folks don't comply but didn't want to discourage the OP from learning how to do it properly.
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If anyone knows of a standard that specifies drawing view scales, I'd love to see it. I get tired of seeing 31:256 as a view scale!
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Thank u. I will start from this 2 books. To start from standards will be more harder & more expensive for me. It's wierd for me to see that standards are so expensive. When I was at home I could get all required standards for... free :) Now I see VERY BIG difference between this and that world.
Thanks all of you guys, if someone will have some tips for me, please post it :)
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You said a mouthfull there. Shall we disallusion the guy before he starts.
frezaifua,
Were you exposed to the ISO standards in your past? Were they followed as hit and miss as the standards are here?
Frank
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Frank
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Perhaps could you tell us if you are considering drafting for machinery (manufactured parts, machines, tool and die, etc...), or construction mechanical engineering (heating, air conditioning, plumbing, etc...)?
Drafting standards (or lack of them) are quite different for the two disciplines.
Good on ya,
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With wind of change now national standards are not free in your home country even.
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I'm interesting in machinery, that's my goal, construction mechanical engineering can be like additional information for me.
I have another question. What program do you use to make a drafts? AutoCAD or something else? Cause I was using ASCON - Compass (russian analog of AutoCAD) while studing in college.
Also I want to ask about machines with CNC control. What kind of programming language are in use now? It's depend of manufacturer? Where can I find some instructions (commands) how to program a treatment on machines?
RE: Need basic help
I have only been involved with construction drafting. You need advice from the other people in this forum. Their standards are much more complex and strict. In construction, we don't follow GD&T and Tolerance Analysis rules at all. I read this forum because I find it interesting. I have never posted here before.
The reason I posted this time is that I am acquainted with a fellow named Roman from Ukraine who is the owner of an HVAC contracting business. I will give him a call to see if it is a coincidence... I can provide information on standards for symbols and techniques for drafting in HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical areas. Perhaps some examples as well.
Best of luck to you!
Good on ya,
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May be in future I will ask about construction drafting. Thanks for help. Good luck to you too!
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RE: Need basic help
Do not tell nonsense. Someone from this community may lead into error with your incorrect information. Unify system of design documentation with GOST standards is valid. Some of them updated with new revision only. This background with small adaptation to American standards allow to work me as checker abroad.
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"4.23 Scale
Scale expresses the ratio of the object size as drawn
to its full size. Drawings shall be drawn to a scale that
depicts all details of the item clearly and accurately,
except as noted in para. 4.23.3.
4.23.1 Selection of Scale.
Drawings should show an
object or assembly to full scale. When full scale is not
practicable, drawings may be prepared to reduced or
enlarged scale. It is desirable, whenever practicable, that
detail drawings be prepared to the same scale as pertinent
assembly drawings.
4.23.2 Indication of Scale.
The scale, or scales, to
which drawings are prepared shall be indicated on the
drawing. The scale to which the majority of views and
sections are drawn shall be entered after "SCALE" in
the space provided on the drawing. For multisheet
drawings, the predominant scale used for each sheet
shall be entered after "SCALE" in the space provided
on that sheet. The options for depicting scale, fraction,
ratio, or decimal are indicated as examples below. The
scale of each view or section drawn to other than the
predominate scale shall be entered directly below the
title of the view or section."
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