ASME Standard for Leading Zeroes in we

[Denmech]

First time posting so forgive me if I missed any rules I should be following.

We follow ASME Y14.100 and Y14.5 at my work and do our best to keep up to date on all the different standards. We are making it a point to add typical weights and acceptable ranges for parts to keep quality happy.

Is there any standard that specifies leading zeroes should be added to weights less than 1 unit? Or does this follow inch dimensioning rules where the leading zero is left off?

For example: 0.1 LBS. or .1 LBS.

Any help or direction is appreciated!

 

[3DDave]

14.5 doesn't cover weights; I don't have 14.100. I prefer the leading zero as sometimes the decimal point is tougher to see. I don't feel like anyone is running out of zeros, so it's not like saving whales.

Here's how other areas of publication use it:

https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/07/a-post-about-nothing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_zero

and this one that supports it all

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/what-are-standards-rules-leading-or-trailing-zeroes-r-type-element

 

[mfgenggear]

in that case would it not be better to use ounces

 

[ctopher]

It's up to your company rules.
But, for 0.1 LBS. or .1 LBS, I would use 0.1. If you use .1, it can easily be mistaken for 1. Decimal points can sometimes either not print dark enough, or blend with background.

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[Denmech]

3DDave
Yeah, neither of those standards really talked about weights and the preferred way of writing them. I am definitely leaning towards the inclusion of the leading zero but the last thing I want to have to do is rework a drawing because there happens to be a correct way due to some obscure ASME standard and someone being a stickler for the rules.

mfgenggear
We do use ounces when the weights get lower but the same issue still applies for the really small parts.

ctopher
That's what I figured. I thought somewhere there might be some standard since there seems to be a rule for just about everything but that seems to not be the case.

 

[TheTick]

I like leading zeroes for the same reason I like the Oxford comma. It hurts nothing, combats ambiguity, and just plain looks better.