TECHNICALDRAWINGSTANDARDS:GRIDREFERENCE

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ThetypicalEngineeringstyledrawing
borderhasagridreferenceframedrawninto
theborder.Thegridreferencesareusedfor
thelocationandcoordinationofdetails.
7
SHARES

GridLineWeights
TheGridlines
themselvesaredrawn
witha0.35mmline
weight.Theyare
spaced50mmapart
fromthecentringlines.
Thelasttwodivisions
canbewhateversize
theyendup.

GridReferences
Thegridreferencesstartfromthetopleftofthesheet,withletters
runningverticallyfromthetopdownandnumbersrunninghorizontally
fromlefttoright.OnanA4sheetthegridsonlyneedtobedrawnonthe
topandlefthandside.ThelettersIandOarenotusedbecausethey
couldbeconfusedwith1and.

SHARES A3DrawingBorderwithGridsClicktoenlarge

TheNumberofDivisionsdependsontheSizeofthePaper
Paper
Size

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

LongSide

24

16

12

Short
Side

16

12

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