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Metric Drawings
More common today
Shown on the print in a variety of ways
Effort made to use whole or half
millimeters except for standard tools
Metric conversion-multiply by .03937 for
inches
Best to think metric
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Metric Drawings
First to have symbols precede
dimension figures
Both metric and inch systems follow this
organization today
(b)
millimeters
(b) full
±1
25.4
99 -101
25.45 ±0.05
3.397
82.6
19
No
10
1.5
6H
Coarse
11
45°
41
20
4.25
8.7
37
6.8
I MIN
16.75
J MAX
15.9
Millimeters
Reference
Datum
± 0.4
Carbon
Steel
Low-Carbon
6H
Coarse
1.5
±1.5
45°
10
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Metric
Hole Block
14. How far apart
are the
countersunk
hole and the
counterbored
hole?
22
27
22
0.8-1.5
13
5-8
82°
Millimeter
(a) vertical
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BRG
Support
3. Is the section
view considered
(a) a full section
or (b) a half-
section?
Yes
(a) projected
10
±0.5
10
1.5
8.5
Coarse
12
2.75
9.75
2.5
15.75
(b) linear
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Flanged
Coupler
3. Why are the
angular
dimensions
and the bolt
circle
dimension in
parentheses?
Reference
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Flanged
Coupler
4. Are holes one
and three
diametrically
opposed?
No
Partial
Enlarged
195.98 -
196
28.2 - 29
0.013
50.787
88.9
6.3
12.681
(b) Alloy
steel
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Flanged
Coupler
16. What does
the note FAO
abbreviate?
Finish All
Over
RC 60
Coarse
14
Dual
dimensioning
Revolved
Section
1.25
65
47
3.42
13
1.48
11
21
.89
7.75
.293
.41
11.5
8.5
RADIUS
SPHERICAL DIAMETER
SPHERICAL RADIUS
REFERENCE DIMENSION
NO OF TIMES/PLACES
ARC LENGTH
SQUARE (SHAPE)
DEPTH/DEEP
COUNTERSINK
CONICAL TAPER
SLOPE
DIMENSION ORIGIN
METRIC DIMENSION