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Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

Windell — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:43:55 -0000

Hi Alex, I'm looking for a credible text that I could purchase from either a Barnes and Noble or Borders bookstore that outlines how one should properly dimension a part from start to submission to the machine shop. I have taken a drafting course, but that was years ago and I'm now using Solidworks.

In particular, I'm dimensioning a long piece of aluminum that has a repeated set of holes. I would like to know how to dimension this part so that i dont need to dimension to each hole yet make it very clear to the machinist what the part looks like.

Any suggestions?

Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

anand — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:56:24 -0000

i want to knwo more about model items

Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

dadstillsurfs — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:14:15 -0000

Alex,
Another great article..
However I'll take issue with you on two minor points:
1. When using certain fonts, dimensions in parentheses have been confused with "1's".
2. Dimensions not to scale - This practice harkens back to the days of graphite and ink eradicator, BUT some industries make large numbers of very critical parts that are all similar and whose features are very difficult to generate quickly. These industries use "MASTER DRAWINGS" to capture the design intent, notes and process information. Makes the Designer's and Engineers' lives more interesting but reduces the overhead expended by the Drafting Dept.

Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

Josh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:48:53 -0000

OK, that makes sense. thanks.

Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

Alex Ruiz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:20:08 -0000

Hey Josh, A chain line can be drawn as a thick line using the centerline font or the phantom. I will add an image to the post illustrating a chain line.

Re: Standards Tuesday – Application of Dimensions Pt2

Josh — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:44:46 -0000

Hey Alex, another great overview. I'm not sure what Chain Lines are though. I may not know the terminology. Great point about scale too. I absolutely hate it when one sheet is scaled differently from another or even on the same page. SolidWorks maintains this pretty well, but there's some others where people DO get lazy.