American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Establishes the dim standards
- Rules Don't change
- Makes the rules for dim positioning
Why use dims
- discribe the size of an object
- locate details on an object
Basic Rules
- Should be convienent for readers
- no calculations necessary
- no duplications of dims
- first dim line should not be closer than 3/8'' from object
- lines/symbols inside extension lines, if not possible text inside,lines out,if not all outside
- extension lines give a 1/16'' gap between them and object
Leaders
- leader scale = dim scale
- run at angle
- arrow = edge, dot = surface
- cross as few lines as possible
- don't pass through corners
Linear dims
- first 3 big dims: height, width, depth
- between views
- come from view where detail is best shown
- dont dim to hidden lines
- locate from common corner
- smallest dim = closest to object
Angle dim
- drawn at same angle as dim
- use degree symbol: make by typing %%d after text
Circular dims
- Arc = dim as radius
- circle dim as diameter
- cylender dim in side view
- hole dim were its shown with leader
Finished surface
- use a check mark 1/4'' tall
Ordonate dims
- uses distances on X and Y cordonates
- UCS- user cordonate sysyem
- typ: ucs, press enter,move,enter,then pic new origin
Counterbore/ Countersinks
- c'bore is used when a bolt or caphead needs to be flush with a surface, Drill hole is the small hole, c'bore hole is the big hole, in cad type c'bore before diameter of c'bore hole and after type diameter of hole through
Symbols
- Counter bore = a squaired off u
- Deep = an downward facing arrow with horozontile line on top
- Counter sink = V
- c'sinks allows screw head to sit flush
- c'sink anlgle is 82 degrees