Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
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Is there anything in the ASME/ANSI/MIL standards that states how a parts list description should be writen? For hardware specifically.
In my years of working on govt drawing packages majority of the descriptions I wrote (or wrote by following suite of the pre-cursor dwgs) listed what the part actually is FIRST the "comma" the rest of the info or hardware size/type.
For example: MACHINE SCREW, FLAT HEAD, 6-32 X .375"
Rather than: 6-32 X .375" FLAT HEAD MACHINE SCREW
Skimming thru some of the examples in DOD-STD-100 I've found it to be written the way of the first example I gave. Is this a matter of preference, or is it written somewhere that it should be one way or the other? And if it is written in a standard somewhere, can someone tell me where I can find it please?
thanks for the help
-Ricky
In my years of working on govt drawing packages majority of the descriptions I wrote (or wrote by following suite of the pre-cursor dwgs) listed what the part actually is FIRST the "comma" the rest of the info or hardware size/type.
For example: MACHINE SCREW, FLAT HEAD, 6-32 X .375"
Rather than: 6-32 X .375" FLAT HEAD MACHINE SCREW
Skimming thru some of the examples in DOD-STD-100 I've found it to be written the way of the first example I gave. Is this a matter of preference, or is it written somewhere that it should be one way or the other? And if it is written in a standard somewhere, can someone tell me where I can find it please?
thanks for the help
-Ricky





RE: Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
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RE: Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
Chris
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RE: Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
If not, every fastener standard from B18 series should have some sort of “ordering” or “designation” section.
RE: Parts List Descriptions (Hardware)
Copy your parts list out to a spreadsheet and play with it. That heirarchical naming makes it easy to sort and manipulate data. I want to copy my BOMs out into my requisition forms.
I try very hard to leave commas out of my descriptions. Comma Separated Values (CSV) is a known and fairly popular data format.
I have a book at home by a British officer, written during World War I, in which he jokes about the heirarchial naming of his PISTOL, OFFICERS, FOR THE USE OF. The concept predates MicroSoft Excel by a few years.
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JHG