Mechanical Drafting Quick Reference? 1

[cadfreak]

Can anyone recommend a Mechanical Drafting Quick Reference guide? (i.e. format sizes, Proper dimension and note callouts, etc.).

Thanks!

 

[ctopher]

ASTM and ANSI specs.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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[ewh]

Global Drawing Requirements Manual (for departments of defense and commerce) is a handy guide based on the pertinent specs.

 

[ktlasers]

http://www.gdtpcertification.com

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.

 

[ajack1]

That largely depends where in the world you work, virtually everywhere outside the USA uses ISO standards.

 

[cadfreak]

I live in the U.S.A.

 

[dbaird]

Go to:

http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/standard.html

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.

 

[ewh]

While the above suggestion is good for electrical or nuclear construction, I don't think it pertains to the original request for a mechanical drafting guide.

 

[dbaird]

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?

http://www.pmpa.org/agent/desguide/design/toc.htm

David Baird

Sr Controls Designer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.

 

[ewh]

Much more appropriate!

 

[Tunalover]

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

 

[ewh]

The Genium is a good manual, and has a website supporting it.

 

[namdac]

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

 

[ctopher]

http://retail.ihs.com/asme-y14-drm.jsp

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)

 

[MechNorth]

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.

http://catalog.asme.org/home.cfm?Category=CS

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

 

[ewh]

Now if I could only get that purchase order approved...