REVISION SYMBOLS 2

[Enginerd9]

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This old thread has been closed, unfortunately, but I wanted to put something out there for you all...

I've never had much experience with that whole "level I, II, and III" stuff, but revision symbols I am quite familiar with. Simply put, they are a symbolic reference to the specific items in the drawing view which correspond with the revision table. For example, if your "Rev C" notes in your revision table say "3.50 was 4.00," you'd place a symbol with the letter "C" inside it next to that specific dimension.

I have also found that the generally accepted symbol to use is a triangle. I don't know if that's just a SolidWorks default and nobody's bothered to change it, and some shops don't know what it is until you tell them... but it's what I've been using for years now.

Anyway, someone please let me know if you find a standard which tells you specifically what kind of symbol to use, etc.

Thanks!

 

[KENAT]

14.5 is Dimensioning & Tolerancing - this is neither.;-)

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[ewh]

I take exception... to make a circle unique for revisions would prevent their use as item balloons, unless size is considered a property that can make them unique.

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[KENAT]

The current standard says circle for revisions.

Fcsupers proposed change opens it to more options.

I'm just saying there should be a clear mandate that the rev symbol should be unique. A big enough difference in size might be OK, but it would need to be very noticeable.

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[fcsuper]

Well, none of us have any magical authority over the ASME committee. If others have any recommendations, I invite others to email them directly. The email listed on the standard is cs@asme.org. I think that email is read by a general committee secretary who forwards the emails on to the appropriate committees.

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