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Posted by: cak1954 ®

01/07/2009, 12:23:47

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I have been asked to create a drafting standards manual for the small manufacturing company I work for. We use AutoDesk Inventor and AutoCAD and deal primarily with sheet metal and steel tubing. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to go about this? I was thinking of starting with some basic manual and customizing it for our purposes. Does this basic manual exist?







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Posted by: scotrail ®

05/12/2010, 14:04:10

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start a document and list the following:
introduction
basic line work
cell libraries
drawing scales
borders - titleblock/revision block etc
numbering
lettering and text - rules,a bbreviations, size, line weights, line spacing etc
dimensioning
weld symbols

Write a paragraph on each of the above and then begin to edit and add to it until you have covered every aspect of what goes onto the drawing and how it gets there








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Posted by: Kelly Bramble ®

01/07/2009, 13:46:12

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Welcome to the Engineers Edge!

You mention AutoCAD, so I wonder if you are also looking to create a CAD standards manual as drafting requirements are separate from CAD standards.

A recognized industry standard within Aerospace, automotive, medicine and others is the IHS Global Engineering Documents Drawing Requirments Manual.








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