Drawing Checking Standard (or Standard Operating Procedure)

[DJBLINX]

Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes.

I have been asked to produce a standard for checking drawings / designs and wondered if there is a Standard or if any one has any advice or a document they are willing to share.

I've attached a document that shows my current thoughts and would welcome any advice or comments.

Thanks in advance

David.

 

[drawoh]

DJBLINX,

There are lots of message posts on drawing checking on EngTips. Try searching for them.

There is no point in checking drawings if you do not have formal standards everyone is required to meet. The checker should be an experienced designer, and they must be backed up by management. I strongly prefer to do my checking on paper.

In your industry, there must be design boo-boos that everybody makes, and that the checker should look out for. In my industry, I hate it when people attach critical, functional electronics to removable covers. You cannot follow all the rules of DFMA. Which ones really matter to you. Write them out!

--
JHG

 

[ctopher]

I suggest look up current industry standards that match your industry. No point re-inventing the wheel.
Then, you can make company standards based on the industry standards.

Chris, CSWP
SolidWorks '16
ctophers home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[KENAT]

OK, so my two pence worth as someone that was a checker for a few years - trying to dumb it down to a checklist rather than relying on cognizance of a really experienced checker who is familiar with the relevant industry standards and practices etc. will limit the effectiveness of the checking process.

For instance, you probably want the drawings to fully comply with BS8888, which is several binders long as I recall. How on earth to you condense that to a checklist of usable length? If you leave it vague then what's the benefit of the check list, if you try to be specific it gets really long really fast.

Sure, you could try to limit the checklist to just the high profile errors and high occurrence rate mistakes but then danger is your checker only checks to the checklist and doesn't think about everything not explicitly on there.

I & others have posted at length on this & related subjects, suggest you do a search on relevant terms, quick search in just this forum for 'drawing check' got me the below in just the first few hits.

thread1103-151962
thread1103-193286
thread1103-167827
thread1103-190456

Gary Whitmire of the Drafting Zone had a pretty good definition and list of things to check etc. online at one point - I think a link may be in one of those threads or you may be able to find it online.

(BTW use the search in the silver tool bar near top of the page, not the custom google search at the very top.)

Posting guidelines faq731-376

http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?

(probably not aimed specifically at you)
What is Engineering anyway: faq1088-1484​

 

[DJBLINX]

Thanks so far for the responses. I have conducted searches on the Forums and got the same list and a few more as above. I will try searching for the Drafting Zone list and post back if I find anything.

Thanks again.