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TECHNICAL DRAWING STANDARDS: LINE WEIGHTS.
January 2010 Paul Munford 4 Comments Technical Drawing Standards
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a The British Technical Drawing standards allows for three Line
weights on each drawing. However, this varies for each drawing
d discipline.
k Engineering drawings only require two line weights, Construction drawings can have up to four Line
weights. The Line weights should be in the ratio [Link]. The extra line weight for construction drawings is
used to represent graphical symbols and is situated somewhere between the ‘Narrow’ Line and ‘Wide’ line.
The acceptable line weights (in mm) that can be used in a drawing are as follows:
0.18 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.0
For the nerds among you the ratio between Line weights is 1:√2 (≈ 1:1.4):
You can use which ever group of line weights you like. You should base your choice on the size of paper
and copying requirements.
Narrow (thin) Graphical symbols Wide (Thick) Extra Wide
0.13 0.18 0.25 0.5
0.18 0.25 0.35 0.7
0.25 0.35 0.5 1.0
0.35 0.5 0.7 1.4
0.5 0.7 1.0 2.0
if you only want to use two line weights, take the narrow and wide pair from each row.
The default line weight in both Autocad and Inventor is 0.25mm.
The recommended Line weight for the ‘Drawing frame’ (Border) for engineering drawings is 0.7mm. I’m not
sure how this ts in!
BS 8888:2008 Technical product speci cation.
BS EN ISO 128-20:2001 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Basic conventions for lines
BS ISO 128-23:1999 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Lines on construction drawings
BS ISO 128-24:1999 Technical drawings. General principles of presentation. Lines on mechanical
engineering drawings
Line Type De nitions
4 RESPONSES TO “TECHNICAL DRAWING STANDARDS: LINE WEIGHTS.”
sinna 4 years ago
I found some drawing created in public service on model space line wight 0.3,.35,0.5 very thick
how can change very thin lines to bring right line weight I try to draw from particular drawing click
line tool it come big thick line how ride o
Paul Munford 4 years ago
Hi Sinna,
Is this the line weight visibility you seen on the screen – or the plotted drawing?
If it’s on the plot – use layers and layer properties to change the lineweight.
If it’s the thickness of the line you are looking at on screen, try turning lineweight visibility
o :
[Link]
explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/ les/GUID-DB74CB64-2083-
[Link]
Paul
Ken Irvine-Brown 5 years ago
I am in the throes of rewriting the CAD manual for a small structural engineering company. The
methods they have been using up to now leave a lot to be desired, e.g. creating blocks on speci c
layers instead of layer 0. The line weights are across the whole 255 colours with little rhyme or
reason. I will from time to time need to ask apparently silly questions of someone. You may just be
that person.
Regards,
Ken Irvine-Brown
Paul Munford 5 years ago
No Problem Ken, ask away ;)
Paul
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