ANSI vs. ASME y14......

[Tenkan]

What is the current drafting standard for 2D drawings?

Whenever I refer to drawing standards for GDT or general dimensioning I can only find ASME Y14.5 or Y14.100 references but I cannot find any references for ANSI drafting standards yet many companies show ANSI as the standard they follow. I was taught that ANSI adopted the ASME standard and if so then why put ANSI in the title block?

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[CheckerHater]

ASME actually writes the standard. ANSI “approves” it. It is going like that since 1982. Some companies didn’t look at their title blocks since 1973. End of story.

 

[pmarc]

ANSI Y14.5-1966
ANSI Y14.5-1973
ANSI Y14.5M-1982
ASME Y14.5M-1994
ASME Y14.5-2009

 

[CheckerHater]

OK, at least since 1973

 

[fcsuper]

ANSI is an ISO organization now. They pretty much washed their hands off of the US national standards. ASME has taken over the engineering stuff, such as Y series. ASME is the national standard now, referenced by U.S. requirements, starting with ASME Y14.100.

Matt Lorono, CSWP
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