Need help identifying a drafting symbol 4

[Max57]

I have a symbol on a mechanical drawing that I can't identify. It is a circle with a slash through it. What does it represent? The drawing is dealing with measurements in mm for length/width etc.

 

[MadMango]

Does "Diameter" make sense? Can you post an image?

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

Have you read faq731-376 to make the be

 

[TheTick]

Ø = diameter

 

[KENAT]

Not to be confused with Greek letter Phi by our more scientifically minded friends.

"The diameter symbol in engineering, ?, is often incorrectly referred to as "phi". This symbol is used to indicate the diameter of a circular section, for example ?14 means the diameter of the circle is 14 units."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_(letter)

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[monkeydog]

Does this answer your question?

http://www.aps.anl.gov/APS_Engineering_Support_Division/Design_and_Drafting/DDStandards/fig6_6.gif

(have to show off my prowess on google)

 

[KENAT]

Great monkeydog, although it would appear to be an extract for the 1982 version or earlier, not that it makes a diff for the dia sympbol.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[monkeydog]

Kenat,
Not great enough for the coveted star?

 

[TheTick]

If you have to ask, the answer is "no".

 

[RockEngineer]

Sympathy star for monkeydog.

 

[Max57]

Thanks for giving the correct answer. It was diameter (Nordic).

 

[monkeydog]

I'm not proud.
I'm and engineer.

 

[KENAT]

Nope, and none of that sympathy star nonsense from me.;-)

Mad deserves a star first if we're just giving them away as he got the correct answer straight off, so here goes.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[MadMango]

Too bad the time stamp doesn't display seconds, that could have been interesting to see how lagged TheTicks connection is.

Thanks for the Star.

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

Have you read faq731-376 to make the be

 

[GBor]

Now that we've destroyed the purpose of stars on eng-tips, one for Tick since he actually inserted the proper symbol and made his statement definitively before monkeydog

 

[monkeydog]

Yea, Yea Tick did give the right answer, but he gave no backup documentation.

Sympathy star, random star, stolen star, make no difference to me, when I collect enough, I am trading them in for one of those foo-foo coffee's at Buckies.

 

[Gymmeh]

You can trade your stars for coffee! Sweet!

 

[TheTick]

<alt>0216 to get "Ø" (must use number pad)

 

[carnage1]

Wow I had always wondered why I couldn't get those 4 digit characters to work on my pc, I didn't know you needed to use the number pad ? ? ? ? ? ?

 

[swearingen]

Tick -

Do you have a listing of other symbols accessed by the same methodolgy?



If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS

 

[TheTick]

° = <alt> 0176
± = <alt> 0177

square and cube are out there, but I never used them and forgot