Chapter 4 Dimensioning CAD drawings
4.1 Introduction
Unless engineering designers and draftsmen are simply sketching or drafting an idea at the brainstorming stage or conceptual stage of the design process, all technical drawings are by nature developed knowing fully well the sizes and magnitudes of their components and the overall size of the finished product. As such, once a drawing has been made, it is necessary to dimension it before a hard copy is produced or before the drawing is taken from the drawing office for manufacturing or to the site. Before any job can be carried out, the manufacturing technicians or the contractor on site needs to know how to set the component for manufacturing or set the site for ...
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