Secretagdan
22nd Dec 2008, 05:13 pm
I am the manager of the drafting department for a small company. Every once in a while, the owner (basically a salesman) will decide that he absolutely has to change the way that we lay out our drawings.
A few recent examples are:
n Changing the dimension line origin offset variable to something that exceeds 2”.
n Placing a ‘Front’ view over a ‘Top’ view.
n Placing a ‘Left’ view on the right of a ‘Front’ view.
I don’t have a problem catering to his needs sometimes, but things like this goes against everything that I have ever learned about drafting. I can argue against doing any of this, (for obvious reasons) but sometimes it’s in vein.
I helped set up the standards for drawings years ago. We have templates, lisp routines and other various things that help increase our productivity. Obviously a lot of that would have to change.
What I am looking for are some sort of national or international set of basic drawing standards, that I can pull out and show to him when he decides to make changes like this. I know there are ANSI standards out there; I have tried to look them up.
It seems that there are quite a few lists for drawing standards, for different areas of drafting. Would anyone know which one of the standards I would need for this? I do not want to purchase a set of drawing standards with out making sure it is what I want or need to accomplish this task. Or is there any other recourse online that I can use? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
A few recent examples are:
n Changing the dimension line origin offset variable to something that exceeds 2”.
n Placing a ‘Front’ view over a ‘Top’ view.
n Placing a ‘Left’ view on the right of a ‘Front’ view.
I don’t have a problem catering to his needs sometimes, but things like this goes against everything that I have ever learned about drafting. I can argue against doing any of this, (for obvious reasons) but sometimes it’s in vein.
I helped set up the standards for drawings years ago. We have templates, lisp routines and other various things that help increase our productivity. Obviously a lot of that would have to change.
What I am looking for are some sort of national or international set of basic drawing standards, that I can pull out and show to him when he decides to make changes like this. I know there are ANSI standards out there; I have tried to look them up.
It seems that there are quite a few lists for drawing standards, for different areas of drafting. Would anyone know which one of the standards I would need for this? I do not want to purchase a set of drawing standards with out making sure it is what I want or need to accomplish this task. Or is there any other recourse online that I can use? Any suggestions would be appreciated.