German Drawing Standards

[3D_CADman]

I am working with a company based in Germany, and who's parts will be manufactured in Germany. They currently do not have drawings that were developed to a particular standard (at least it's not referenced on the drawing).

What is the predominant drawing standard in Germany? ISO? DIN?

I'm just looking for the counterpart to ASME Y14.100, so I can get them set up correctly.

Thanks

 

[ctopher]

Why not ask the company you are working with that is base in Germany?

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[dgallup]

If they are like the French company I worked at they are supposedly working to ISO standards but they don't put anything on the drawing "because we all know what it is". The problem with the ISO standards is there are a lot separate specs and some of them are in direct conflict with others. So you have to specify exactly which specs you use. About the time you get that worked out in detail they will change 30% of them.

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[3D_CADman]

ctopher - I tried that, but nobody knows anything. They outsource all their engineering and design, so nothing was ever established. That's what I am hoping to help them with.

 

[looslib]

I worked for an American company who had a division in Germany. When we went to standardize across all design centers (US, Germany, India) and manufacturing plants (US, Germany, China), we used ISO standards.
As dgallup said, you need to check them for conflicts and be specific as to which standard you use. Specify the year of the standard so you lock it down.



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[ctopher]

I asked around with coworkers that worked in Europe. They say ISO.

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[XL83NL]

ISO 129 specifically if I’m not mistaken.

 

[juergenwt]

ISO!! Only if for some reason ISO is not available for what you are looking for, than use DIN. Most ISO standards are the same or very
close to DIN. What exactly do you need?