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Principles of Dimensioning: Machine A PDF Writer That Produces Quality PDF Files With Ease!
Principles of Dimensioning: Machine A PDF Writer That Produces Quality PDF Files With Ease!
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Figure 1 indicates the classification of dimensions
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Fig. 1a Elements of dimensioning
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Principles of Dimensioning
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Fig. 2 Placement of dimensions
where the shape is best shown
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4. As far as possible, on a drawing, dimensions should be
expressed in one unit only, preferably in millimeters,
without showing the unit symbol (mm). Unit on the
drawing, however, may be shown in a note (Fig. 9).
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Fig. 3 Placement of only necessary dimensions
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6. As far as possible, dimensions should be placed outside
the view (Fig. 4).
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Fig 7
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10. If the space of dimensioning is insufficient, the arrow
heads may be reversed and the adjacent arrow heads
may be replaced by a dot (Fig. 8).
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Fig. 12 Dimensioning several arcs Fig. 13 Unbroken dimension line
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When several arcs are dimensioned, it is preferable that
separate leaders be used rather than extending the leaders
(Fig. 12).
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Fig. 15 Dimensioning of radii
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Only one arrow head termination, with its point on the arc
end of the dimension line, is to be used where a radius is
dimensioned (Fig.15).The arrow head termination may be
either on the inside or on the outside of the feature outline,
depending upon the size of the feature. Dimensions should
be written on a drawing, according to one of the following two
methods. Only one method should be used on any one
drawing.
Aligned system
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Fig. 19 Unidirectional dimensioning Fig. 20 Angular dimensioning
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The placing of dimensions frequently needs adopting to
varying situations. For example, dimensions may be,
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Dimensions out-of-scale (except where break lines are used)
should be underlined with a straight thick line (Fig. 22), where
feature size modification does not warrant an extensive
drawing revision, to correct the feature scale.
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Arrangement of dimensions
Chain dimensioning
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Fig. 23 Chain dimensioning
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Parallel dimensioning
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Angles are dimensioned with arcs and extension lines, and
the dimension should not be placed inside the angle cut
(Fig. 30).
Dimensioning by co-ordinates
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Fig. 32 Dimensioning a hole Fig. 33 Co-ordinate dimensioning
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Special Indications
Diameters
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Fig. 35 Dimensioning diameters
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When centre lines cross each other in a view, at the
intersection point, the longer dashes only should be
intersected symmetrically (Fig. 36).
Equidistant features
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Fig. 42 Dimensioning tapered features
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Screw threads
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Fig. 43 Dimensioning screw threads
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Keyways
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Fig. 44 Dimensioning keyways
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Spherical features