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May 2010 | Paul Munford Filed Under: Technical Drawing Standards Tagged With:
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A formula of 1:2 ( 1:1.4) is used to calculate the sizes available,the same formula that
calculates paper sizes and line weights.
The recommended Minimum sizes are:
Paper size
Titles
Headings
A0
3.5
A1
2.5
3.5
A2
2.5
3.5
A3
2.5
3.5
A4
1.8
2.5
3.5
The BS Standards defines a range of eight Nominal heights for lettering in Technical
drawings
The BS ISO Technical drawing Standard describes Five different dimension styles for us to
choose from. The first two, Closed Filled and Closed Blank, would usually be used in
Engineering. Oblique is often favoured by Architects. Ive never seen anyone use Open 90
or Open 30, except when sketching by hand. There are []
There are a couple of Alternative terminators that have special meanings. A circle is
indicative of an origin point. In the example of running dimensions below, all the dimension
values spring from the same datum point.
The Point terminator is used for when the dimensions are too close together to allow room
for an arrowhead. An Oblique stroke can be used instead.
An arrow terminator is used to point to an edge of an item. The dot is used to point to a face.
The Architectural tick can be used for referring to multiple parallel edges. The final type of
line has no terminator, and is used for pointing at dimension lines or lines of Symmetry.
Leader lines can have multiple segments and you can use one annotation to reference
multiple faces and edges.
You can reference multiple parallel edges or faces with one leader.
It is recommended that you draw your leader lines at an angle to the rest of the drawing i.e.
Not parallel to the drawing itself. Increments of 15 are advised.
Finally, your Instruction text can be centred to the reference line, or it can sit above the
reference line. The text should be a least twice the line thickness above the reference line.
The text should never touch the reference line itself.
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LTSCALE = 1.0
CELTSCALE = 1.0
PSLTSCALE = 1
MSLTSCALE = 1
To change a variables value, simply type it in at the command line and enter a new value
when prompted. These values are saved in the drawing, so its worth getting them right in
your template file.
Why should I use these values?
Why have I suggested these settings? Let me run through each one in a little more detail.
LTSCALE
CELTSCALE
Sets the Current Entity Line Type Scale i.e. whatever you are about to draw next!
The CELTSCALE is relative to LTSCALE. By setting CELTSCALE to 0.5 the next line
you draw will have a linetype scale factor which is half that of the lines drawn previously.
You can use this feature to vary the linetype scale of your lines as you draw them. You can
also change the line type scale of some geometry after youve drawn it by selecting the
geometry and looking for LTSCALE in the properties palette.
Dont forget to set the CELTSCALE back to match LTSCALE when youre finished.
PSLTSCALE
This variable controls the linetype scaling of geometry displayed in paper space viewports
Paper Space Line Type Scale.
This variable only has two settings. Setting PSLTSCALE to 0 (Off) will mean that the
linetype scale factor of your modelspace geometry will not be effected by the scale of your
viewport.
Setting PSLTSCALE to 1 (On) means that the line type scale of your modelspace geometry
will be scaled to match the viewport scale.
If you use paper space layouts, turning paper space line type scaling on ensures that all your
geometry will have the correct line type scale, no mater what the viewport scale is.
LTSCALE and CELTSCALE Still effect the Line type scale of your geometry. You
might need to use the REGEN or REGENALL command to see the result of any changes
in your viewports.
MSLTSCALE
This is a reasonably new (Since 2007), but extremely useful variable. Like Paper space line
type scaling, Model Space Line Type Scaling only has two options. Setting MSLTSCALE to
0 (Off) is the default setting and will behave as Autocad always has.
Setting MSLTSCALE To 1 (On) will cause the Line type scale of any geometry in model
space to be scaled by the Annotation scale. This allows you to have a preview of how the line
type scale might look when seen through a scaled viewport.
MSLTSCALE Overrides LTSCALE and CELTSCALE in Modelspace, but it doesnt effect
Paperspace, so it wont change how your geometry looks inside your viewports.
Using MSLTSCALE is a really good way of checking that your linetypes are going to look
as you expect them to, without having to Flick back and forth between Paperspace and
Modelspace.
Do you know how to which Linetype definitions you should use to meet the ISO Technical
drawing standard? Read these posts on defining ISO linetype definitions to find out more.
No - There's no point
No - But we should!
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NB: This has nothing to do with the colour of the lines that you see on your screen, only the
printed output.
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Check out:
BS EN ISO 128-20:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic
conventions for lines
Or read more posts on Technical drawing standards.
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Anonymous says
May 2011 at 9:47 am
The Line weights ought to be in the ratio three:2:1. The additional line weight for
construction drawings is used to represent graphical symbols and is situated
somewhere between the a Narrow Line and a Wide line.
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Graphical symbols
Wide (Thick)
Extra Wide
0.13
0.18
0.25
0.5
0.18
0.25
0.35
0.7
0.25
0.35
0.5
1.0
0.35
0.5
0.7
1.4
0.5
0.7
1.0
2.0
if you only want to use two line weights, take the narrow and wide pair from each row.
The default line weight in both Autocad and Inventor is 0.25mm.
The recommended Line weight for the Drawing frame (Border) for engineering drawings is
0.7mm. Im not sure how this fits in!
Frame.
August 2010 | Paul Munford Filed Under: Technical Drawing Standards Tagged With: Size
and Layout of Drawing Sheets
The Grid lines themselves are drawn with a 0.35mm line weight. They are spaced 50mm
apart from the centring lines. The last two divisions can be whatever size they end up.
Grid References
The grid references start from the top left of the sheet, with letters running vertically from the
top down and numbers running horizontally from left to right. On an A4 sheet the grids only
need to be drawn on the top and left hand side. The letters I and O are not used because
they could be confused with 1 and 0.
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4
Long Side
24
16
12
Short Side
16
12
For more information on engineering drawing layouts check out the Technical Drawing
Standards Page!
A1 is half this size, A2 is half that, A3 is half again and A4 is half that. A4 is the
smallest commonly used size for technical drawings.
Table of sizes
DESIGNATION
LENGTH
WIDTH
A0
1189
841
A1
841
594
A2
594
420
A3
420
297
A4
297
210
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4
A0
100%
71%
50%
35%
25%
A1
141%
100%
71%
50%
35%
A2
200%
141%
100%
71%
50%
A3
283%
200%
141%
100%
71%
A4
400%
283%
200%
141%
100%