Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
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This may seem like an ignorant question but I don't have access to the latest ASME drafting standard, so here goes:
Where should the general drawing notes be placed? I have always placed them in the upper left-hand corner of my drawings but our new company Quality folks say the notes should be in the lower left-hand area.
Which is correct?
Thanks
Where should the general drawing notes be placed? I have always placed them in the upper left-hand corner of my drawings but our new company Quality folks say the notes should be in the lower left-hand area.
Which is correct?
Thanks





RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Drawing standard
Chris
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
According to that standard, the preferred placement is where I have been placing them, in the upper left-hand corner. Do you know if the latest ASME standard indicates the same?
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
If there was any, you’d find it in ASME Y14.100.
Upper-left corner looks like more common practice to me.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
It is easier to add notes to those that are in the upper left-hand area.
There is more room for drawing views if the notes are in lower left area.
My Drawing Requirements Manual (ninth edition) shows notes in the upper left-hand area. This complies with MIL-T-31000 and MIL-STD-100, I believe but this book is certainly not the latest.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
We had this argument and in our own DRM specify top left.
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Thanks for all the responses, everyone. I had a feeling I'd see replies such as those listed but a reality check was in order.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
OMG look at the time! It's 12 after the 21st Century, already.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
There are some deficiencies in the CAD we use that can make moving the notes a bit more painful than you might like to think.
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Chris
SolidWorks 11
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Quality departments as a whole have a difficult time changing when it comes to anything that they are not used to. I often get the "This is the way we have always done it" answer when I ask many of the quality people about making some of the smallest changes. The company I am at right now is converting from AutoCAD 2D to SW and the quality department is having a fit because they are having a hard time understanding subassemblies/indented BOMs. They are pushing back and have almost forced flat BOMs and a single assembly for some very intricate systems. We are working on a year long plan to roll them out with lots of training, which will help, but it is a very touchy subject here. Hopefully you have the critical mass where you work to drive the change instead of being forced to stick with the status quo.
Good luck!
Boottmills
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Where did I go wrong in my career? If too many clicks was a problem for me, it would mean all the real problems in my job were gone.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
Viewports are easy... only problem occurs when the client doesn't want paperspace used.
Dik
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
And to dik: this is the wrong forum, but as ACAD user of 17 years let me tell you: if you create your notes in model-space you are doing it wrong. Please don’t tell that you scale your title blocks as well…
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
I did work for one company in which the engineering manager decided after 7 years of our using an excellent 3D CAD program that we would switch to one that is "more popular" with the thought that all other companies with whom we dealt on a regular basis would use the same program and version. Boy, was he wrong. Again, it was the people who designed who suffered, as we had hundreds of models and drawings that we couldn't use if making a slight redesign.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
As to moving notes, while it may not take much time it does introduce a little extra work and potential for errors. So while I don't lose sleep over it, if you're trying to be hardcore 'lean' or some such then it seems a bit silly.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
I start at the left... and fill 'er up...
Dik
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
It's not so much about mouse clicks (which I feel is important), but also a whole host of other people involved. I've seen complaints from up and down the supply stream, and from engineers that get annoyed when notes (and other elements like dimensions) are moved around when a drawing is revised. The argument is that it makes it harder to determine/confirm what changed between revisions.
Matt Lorono, CSWP
Product Definition Specialist, DS SolidWorks Corp
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RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
For assemblies, is is better to have them decending from the upper left of the sheet, since assembly notes tend to be much larger.
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard
RE: Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard