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Mechanical Drafting Quick Reference? 1
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ASTM and ANSI specs.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)
The man who runs the site, Tom, has created a quick-reference guide. I'm not sure if you have to take one of his classes to get one, though.
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dbaird
Electrical
- Mar 31, 2000
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Download the following .PDF files
"DOE-HDBK-1016/1-93 DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings, Volume 1 of 2 (120 pages)
PDF (8231 KB) Reaffirmation Memorandum"
"DOE-HDBK-1016/2-93 DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings, Volume 2 of 2 (96 pages)
PDF (4453 KB) Reaffirmation Memorandum"
David Baird
Sr Controls Designer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.
Download the following .PDF files
"DOE-HDBK-1016/1-93 DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings, Volume 1 of 2 (120 pages)
PDF (8231 KB) Reaffirmation Memorandum"
"DOE-HDBK-1016/2-93 DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings, Volume 2 of 2 (96 pages)
PDF (4453 KB) Reaffirmation Memorandum"
David Baird
Sr Controls Designer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.
dbaird
Electrical
- Mar 31, 2000
- 412
cadfreak,
Sorry if the above did not help but I'm not mechanical. Check this site out; maybe better suited to what you are looking for?
David Baird
Sr Controls Designer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.
Sorry if the above did not help but I'm not mechanical. Check this site out; maybe better suited to what you are looking for?
David Baird
Sr Controls Designer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.
cadfreak-
The body of knowledge in drafting is so large that there really is no "quick" drafting reference. Genium Publishing sells a mechanical drafting manual that comes on disk and/or as hard copy. Unlike Global Engineering's mechanical drafting room manual (DRM), Genium's DRM is maintained and update subscriptions are available for a price. I think that DRM used to be GE's (written over many decades) and the rights were sold to Genium.
I suggest you peruse Genium's website. Do a Google on Genium Publishing an you'll get there.
Tunalover
The body of knowledge in drafting is so large that there really is no "quick" drafting reference. Genium Publishing sells a mechanical drafting manual that comes on disk and/or as hard copy. Unlike Global Engineering's mechanical drafting room manual (DRM), Genium's DRM is maintained and update subscriptions are available for a price. I think that DRM used to be GE's (written over many decades) and the rights were sold to Genium.
I suggest you peruse Genium's website. Do a Google on Genium Publishing an you'll get there.
Tunalover
Cadfreak,
We as profesionals all have copies of spec regs on our desks, I suggest that you take the time and invest in the ANSI Y14, ISO 9000, GDT, ASME.....etc. There are several web sites to look at, all you have to do is look.
Regards,
NAmdac
We as profesionals all have copies of spec regs on our desks, I suggest that you take the time and invest in the ANSI Y14, ISO 9000, GDT, ASME.....etc. There are several web sites to look at, all you have to do is look.
Regards,
NAmdac
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)
Namdac is right, start collecting standards.
As you're based in the US, focus on the ASME series of standards first, unless you're specifically detailing for an ISO (International Standards Organization) or JIT (Japanese Industrial Standards) market, in which case start there.
ASME Y14.5M-1994 covers notes, tolerancing, GD&T, dimensional units, and much more...it's a lot of reading and thinking, but it's an essential resource.
ASME Y14.43-2003 Dimensions & Tolerances for Gages & Fixtures
ASME B46.1-2002 - Surface Texture
ISO 286-1 & -2 -1988 - ISO Limits & Fits (Parts 1 & 2)
Use this link to start browsing.
One last note; ASME standards are fairly robust and encompass many subsets on a given topic in single documents; ISO breaks down a main topic into numerous related fields, and charges you for each sub-section you get. ASME gets far more bang for the buck, and much of the world (corporate, not political) is starting to step back from ISO and adopt ASME as it is based in a practical rather than a theoretical system as ISO is.
Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services
CAD-Documentation-GD&T-Product Development
As you're based in the US, focus on the ASME series of standards first, unless you're specifically detailing for an ISO (International Standards Organization) or JIT (Japanese Industrial Standards) market, in which case start there.
ASME Y14.5M-1994 covers notes, tolerancing, GD&T, dimensional units, and much more...it's a lot of reading and thinking, but it's an essential resource.
ASME Y14.43-2003 Dimensions & Tolerances for Gages & Fixtures
ASME B46.1-2002 - Surface Texture
ISO 286-1 & -2 -1988 - ISO Limits & Fits (Parts 1 & 2)
Use this link to start browsing.
One last note; ASME standards are fairly robust and encompass many subsets on a given topic in single documents; ISO breaks down a main topic into numerous related fields, and charges you for each sub-section you get. ASME gets far more bang for the buck, and much of the world (corporate, not political) is starting to step back from ISO and adopt ASME as it is based in a practical rather than a theoretical system as ISO is.
Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services
CAD-Documentation-GD&T-Product Development
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