Standards Wednesday on Hiatus

Posted on October 5th, 2008 in Misc, Standards by The SW Geek

When I started The SolidWorks Geek six months ago, I wanted to share the benefit of my experience with SolidWorks and ASME with the rest of the engineering community. I started Standards Tuesday, later Standards Wednesday, to introduce readers to drawing specifications that control our daily engineering lives. I never expected the response to the concept and I was surprised about the following it has gained. I am proud to say that Standards Wednesday has introduced some readers to ASME and has hopefully improved the quality and consistency of their drawings. It’s because of this that I make this announcement with profound sadness… Standards Wednesday is going on hiatus.

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Standards Tuesday - Titling your drawing

Posted on May 13th, 2008 in Drawings, Standards by admin

What is the first thing you look at on a drawing? The drawing title. This week for “Standards Tuesday” we will be talking about the drawing titles as there are described in ASME Y14.100. Since one the very first things anybody looks at on a drawing is the title, I figured this is the best place to start. I would bet that you were not aware that there was a procedure for drawing titles per ASME standards. Judging by some of the titles I have seen in my career, it seems that no one is aware of these procedures. Section 5 of ASME Y14.100 lays out the procedures for creating titles for engineering drawings and the items they describe.

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Introducing Standards Tuesday!

Posted on April 30th, 2008 in Drawings, Standards by admin

Doing it by the book

In recent years, I have witnessed a noticeable decline in the quality of drawings. As more emphasis is placed on models and assemblies, good drawing practices are neglected. I cannot not even count how many drawings I have encountered that seemed to not only not follow any known standards but were just plain scary. I don’t have to tell anybody that no matter how much time one puts into designing the perfect part or assembly, if the drawing doesn’t not convey the information correctly the project can fail.

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