Correct placement of drawing notes as per latest ASME standard

[concept2]

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

 

[fcsuper]

KENAT,

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
Personal sites:
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

 

[CheckerRon]

Seems like company preference is the bottom line. The places I have been at recently like to put the notes in the upper right, sufficiently below the Revision Block, in order to make more room for drawing space. This works good for detail part drawings.
For assemblies, is is better to have them decending from the upper left of the sheet, since assembly notes tend to be much larger.

 

[fsincox]

It has most likely been left flexible to accommodate the required available drawing view areas. I find the lower left is often a dead area calling for some kind of use, due to the title block’s location on the lower right. I actually prefer the upper right like all who are conditioned to read from left to right and down from up.

 

[jerry1423]

I prefer the upper-right (more or less) also, so that they are mostly visible if a hard-copy of the drawing gets folded.