Best practice?

Hey guys,

What is the best practice for indicating grain direction on a polished
stainless steel part. I've been doing it by placing a dimension, hiding the
extension lines and changing the dim value to "GRAIN DIRECTION'. But I've
seen drawings from customers where they done a not with a leader on both
sides. I'm not clear on how they are doing this, can anyone explain it to
me? Or mayber even a better way to do this?

Thanks,
Wormsign

 

Your method sounds a little more robust, since it will be tied to the part
geometry. To make a note with more thant one leader, you first create a
note with one leader. ctrl+drag the arrow to make more leaders. You could
also use a multi-jog leader with arrows on either end, plus a note, but
that's more work. I don't think you'll do much better than your present
method.

 

What we do here is a text favorite "<<<<GRAIN DIRECTION>>>>" that we
load into the drawing and place on the part without a leader. We can
then rotate it 90 degrees if we need to.

Reaper.

 

I'm in the office furniture industry; we specify grain direction on
all wood parts by adding "GRAIN" to the over all length/width
dimension that measures the same direction as the grain. For instance
a desk top that is 72" long would have "Grain" added to the 72"
dimension on the drawing; this can be at the end of the dim. or below
the dim. This is fairly quick and clearly indicates direction. This
should work as well for stainless steel.

 

this sounds like you are identifying grain direction for a surface
symbol. if this is true then you can use a lay symbol with the
surface symbol. you can specify radial (modifier R), perpendicular to
symbol (symbol _|_), angular cross pattern (symbol X), multi
directional pattern (symbol M), circular lay (symbol C), parallel lay
(symbol =), or a partuculate lay (basically a sand blast, symbol P).
these are all modifiers in the surface symbol function.

Words of Wisdom (WoW): only when we are no longer afraid do we begin
to live. iQ

 

That really would confuse the guys in the shop. Remember these are the guys
who come up and ask you what 3/16 is! When I tell them 3/16 is 3/16 they
say what? I know they want to know the decimal equivalent but I still like
to mess with them.

Thanks for your replies, I'm considering them but maybe the way we do it is
a pretty good way.
Wormsign

 

this sounds like you are identifying grain direction for a surface
symbol. if this is true then you can use a lay symbol with the
surface symbol. you can specify radial (modifier R), perpendicular to
symbol (symbol _|_), angular cross pattern (symbol X), multi
directional pattern (symbol M), circular lay (symbol C), parallel lay
(symbol =), or a partuculate lay (basically a sand blast, symbol P).
these are all modifiers in the surface symbol function.

Words of Wisdom (WoW): only when we are no longer afraid do we begin
to live. iQ

 

I vote for the <<GRAIN DIRECTION>> method

To paraphrase Occams Razor - the principle pronounced by the English
philosopher Willam of Occam
"All things being equal the simplest solution is the correct one"

 

Made a block of a double sided arrow : <----->, hor and vertical.
Also made one with the "paper" (film) side, just in case the guy forgot that
we draw "paper up".