Hi,
I'm trying to get my head round drawing standards in order to comply with BS8888:2013 Technical Product Specification.
I have spent several hours reading pdf's of the standards and according to my pea brain BS8888:2013 points to BS EN 128 which in turn points to ISO 128.
Therefore ISO standards and BS8888 standards should be the same (except in one or two minor areas where the BS interpretation differs from the ISO).
In my opinion the schools configurator for Creo - option BS8888 does not comply in three regards;
1) Line types - centreline, long dash - dot is now the preferred line format. Fold lines - long dash - double dot. I'm trying to work on a pen table to fix this. The definition is clearest in ISO 128-21 guidance for CAD drawings.
2) Arrow heads are not compliant BS8888 preferred is filled arrow, 30 degree included angle. I've fixed this in my DTL easily Arrow length 4mm - width 2.14.
3) Cutting plane lines cannot be made to comply with the standard - no option for the thickened end to extend correctly past the section arrowheads and also display longdash - dot.
Am I driving myself to an early grave being concerned about this? Am I in too deep? Has any one got a DTL / PNT to fix these issues.
Any comments gratefully appreciated - Tim? Mark?
When I've solved these problems I will issue .DTL and .PNT so hopefully the configurator can be updated.
Perhaps I should consult to commercial side of these groups to ask how they deal with it.
Rgds,
James