Anglo-american standards

Where I could buy or download anglo-american standards relating to technical
drawing?
Especially I am interested is there any standard that unifies styles of
drawing; for example: If one company use white color for main lines and
other red color that takes a lot of time to accomodate drawings according
to company's standard.
I know that in Croatia and Europe there are not such standards but maybe
there are in USA or Australia??

Thanks...

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MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.com

It's one of those things that can't be avoided, although some have tried to
devise systems
to suit "everyone" hoping they would be widely adopted. CAD standards are
like pants:
One size won't fit everyone.

No such thing in the "west" either. (Thank God.)

 

Welcome to the snake pit -

Check out http://www.cadalot.co.uk/how_to_draw/Standards.htm for a
List of BS ISO Standards for Technical and Construction Drawings.

Not that many perople work to them!

Cadalot

 

Closest thing to an American standard is ASME/ANSI Y14.5, but it's
really not a drafting standard and won't give you such things as
standard layers/colors, fonts or "style". It's a dimensioning standard
and closely parallels ISO standards.

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
http://www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

Btw, is it much different than ISO standards?
Soon I have to make some drawings for american company that will instal its
equipment in Australia, so this information could be very useful..


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If you know, what about Australia, are their standards 'compatible' with BS?

 

Not greatly different, no. The biggest difference is the use of 3rd
angle projection (in American ASME/ANSI standards) as opposed to 1st
angle projection (in European ISO standards).

'Sporky'

 

For an Introduction to First and Third Angle Projection see link below

http://www.cadalot.co.uk/how_to_draw/1st-and-3rd-angle-projection.pdf

Regards

Alan (Cadalot)

 

ISO might refer to 1st angle, but I think most U.K. companies use 3rd
angle as a matter of course. It is the more logical of the two choices, I
feel. I get somewhat frustrated looking at German motor/gearbox catalogues
that show motor and box combinations and mounting arrangement in 1st
angle. Head-scratching becomes the order of the day!

 

Absolutely right 3rd angle is what is used. irrespective of what ISO (or
current BS) says.
I explain it to young trainees like this :-
You've just drawn the side elevation of a steam locomotive (choose a long
one like a BR 9F)
Now, which end do you want to draw the end elevation showing the inside of
the cab at?
They soon see the logic of 3rd angle projection.

And by the way, what is the decimal seperator?
Yes, its a " . " NOT a " , " whatever the standard says!
"BS 4 FAT LADIES" , sorry BS8888 has lost its way.

 

I blame the EU myself. Must do what they do on the other side of the
channel :-(

 

Don't be defeatist.
I think the problem lies with insufficient backing being given by British
industry to BS so they have the backbone to kick some of this 'imported'
stuff into touch.

 

Me? Defeatist? You have to be joking. We went metric in 1972 (the company
I worked for, that is!). Once had to do a job for a local ship repair
company that still worked in fractions of an inch, to 1/128". Blew my head
away (as one might say). It was always 3rd angle - American company...
....and they went metric. Good for them.

 

Hehe. Yeah.....and I still don't get it!

 

I think I must just have beaten you to metrication.
Metrication together with electronic calculators must have been the greatest
productivity gain in the drawing office.
Was able to consign Inskips Combined Tables to propping up the desk!

 

The Australian standard is a direct reproduction of the ISO standard. (even
the number is the same)

That said, I know of no Australian firm that actually uses it.
But then I dont do mechanical work so.....

Dean
Australia

 

OK Mike, what ROFLOMFAO mean ?

And thats the way they use to teach it back in the mid - 70's ;0)
It's only simple if you have a 3D mind, there are people out there
that don't and need to be shown step by step.

Alan

 

OMG, Wooly. See link:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=ROFLMFAO&Find=Find

TIA

 

The easiest to visualize method I have seen is to imagine putting the part
in a bowl. Slide it to the right. See which way it rotates. Slide it
forward. See which way it rotates. The difference between first and third
angle projection is simply which way the bowl is sitting. Right side up or
upside down.

 

Surely it's just a case of "Draw the plan view. Look at the object from
one side. Draw what you see 'on that side of the plan view'." Third Angle.
'Draw what you see on the other side of the plan view' - First Angle.