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Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

(OP)
May I know besides IHS, where else I could get one?
This is quite expensive...

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

(OP)
I did. I am looking for 10th ed.
But if 11th ed. will be great!

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

It is all relative, depending on what you will consider "up-to-date" and "expensive"

The latest "book" copy of DRM is probably this:

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Requirements-Manual-...

Please note that it was released in 2008.

The latest version of DRM is now available as "loose-leaf" edition, so you can replace separate pages with latest updates in the future:

http://global.ihs.com/doc_detail.cfm?currency_code...=

Similar "loose-leaf" approach is taken by Genium Manual:

http://www.draftingzone.com/subscribe/

Note, that for $150 you will have one year to download all their documents from the website, BUT if you take the look at this page:

http://www.draftingzone.com/dm/updates/

you will find out that book was not updated since 2008, and we all know how much has changed since 2009 and later.

Good luck!

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

(OP)
So many selection. Not sure if one is better than the other?

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

I find that it is often best to spend the money on the actual specifications instead. Start with ASME Y14.100 and follow the breadcrumb trail from there for the types of drawings you create.

--Scott
www.wertel.pro

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

I'll third that. While the other manuals are a decent source of information, it is a pain to sift through them to determine what is per the ASME standards vs what is their own interpretation of those standards, as well as what are mere preferences.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

Providing that 10th edition
http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Requirements-Manual-...
is "expensive" to OP, how many real standards one can buy for under $99?
Sometimes you have to get familiar with as much stuff as possible while on the budget and you have to compromise.

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

Yes, for the cost involved, Global does pubish a decent manual.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

(OP)
Thanks for all the comments!

RE: Looking to get Drawing Requirements Manual

Yes, but there are still a lot of "accepted practices" in there, which are not universal. Some of their "accepted practices" are covered by ASME (such as drawing notes), and some are a bit obsolete (Redrawing and Retracing Considerations) and some I feel are arbitrary and should be left up to the organization (Layers). I've been fighting mis-guided "accepted practices" that violate the standards in one way or another for years. Don't get me wrong, it can be a valuable resource to have accepted practices written down for consistent usage. They give you everything but the kitchen sink, which lead to my statement that you quoted.
The contents list also doesn't provide the year of issue of the standards, which is important.

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV

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