×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Column Grid Setup

Column Grid Setup

Column Grid Setup

(OP)
Is there a national standard for seting up grid lines?  Does AIA have a standard?
Obviously, the setup differs from firm to firm.  Some have letters horizontal, while others have numbers.

Either way, if horizontal and vertical are letters and numbers, then what is a skewed gridline?  "AA", "BB", etc?  Also, what is the annotation for Radial gridlines?  "R1", "R2"???

I've got a project with perpendicular grids (normal X Y axes), skewed gird lines, and also some radial gridlines.  Any suggestions?

RE: Column Grid Setup

How about standard alphabeticalA,B,C for the XY gridlines, Greek (alpha, beta, gamma etc ) for the skew lines and numbers for the radial lines?

Just a thought !

Andy Machon

 
 

RE: Column Grid Setup

I've never heard of a national standard for grids.  It is simply a way to control geometry, identify columns and footings, and help in cross coordinating your plans with the other disciplines on a particular project.

In my opinion, it is up to you and your design team to decide how you approach the layout and labeling of grids.

As always.....keep it simple as possible.

RE: Column Grid Setup

(OP)
The old anagram - KISS -- Keep It Simple, Stupid!

I set up the grid lines with letters and numbers in the X Y and for the skewed, and used AA, BB, CC, etc for the rings of the radius, and 99, 98, 97, 96, etc for the radial lines from center point.

Each colum has a designation now, but wait until the project manager takes a look at it!  (Darn architects!)

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources