Don’t you just love Wednesdays? Monday is a distant memory, Friday is just in sight and of course…Standards Wednesday. If you have never heard of Standards Wednesday…where have you been? On Wednesdays, I try my best to break down different standards and specifications that impact our daily life as engineers, designers and drafters. For the [...]

There’s been a whole lotta shakin’ going on here in SoCal but it’s going to take more then a little rumbling to keep me from bringing you some ASME goodness. This week we finally get to finish up on dimensioning features per Section 1.8 of ASME Y14.5M-1994. Make sure you go back and read the [...]

For the past couple of weeks for Standards Tuesday…ummm…Wednesday…No it was Standards Tuesday, now it’s Standards Wednesday. Anyway, for the past couple of weeks I have been covering the Dimensioning of Features per Section 1.8 of ASME Y14.5M-1994. Today we are going to continue this section and it looks like this section will take us [...]

Another Tuesday is upon us and it’s time for another batch of fresh hot ASME goodness straight out of the oven. Today we are digging ever deeper into everyone’s favorite ASME Y14.5M-1994. Last week we finished on the Applications of Dimensions so this week will will begin digging into how to dimension features. As many [...]

ASME Y14.41, Digital Product Definition Data Practices, was introduced in 2003 to bring ASME Y14.5M into the digital age. In short, ASME Y14.41 allows you to dimension and tolerance a 3D model without the need for a paper drawing. SolidWorks 2008 took a big step in the direction of adopting this standard with the addition [...]