BY ARAVIND

Contents
Dimensioning.
Units of Dimensions.
Systems of Dimensioning.
Arrangement and Indication of Dimensions.
 Dimensioning
To construct an object its shape and size must be
known.
An engineering object besides illustrating the shape
must also show the sizes and other relevant features.
The sizes of the object and other details essential for
construction using lines, numerals, symbols, notes,
etc., is called dimensioning.
 Units of Dimensions
Dimensions should possibly be expressed in one unit
only.
The recommended unit is millimeter.
ALL DIMENSIONS IN mm is written at the prominent
place on the drawing sheet.
 Systems of Dimensioning

There are two systems of placing the dimension

figures
 Aligned System.
 Unidirectional System.
 Aligned System
All dimension figures are placed above the dimension
lines.
Dimension lines are drawn without any break and
written parallel to them, so they can be read either
from the bottom or from any one of the sides of the
drawing.
Aligned System of Dimensioning
 Unidirectional System
The dimension figures are placed in the space left at
the center of the dimension line.
It is read from the bottom edge of the drawing sheet.
Unidirectional System
 Arrangement of Dimensions
The arrangement and indication of dimension are:
 Chain dimensioning.
 Parallel dimensioning.
 Combined dimensioning.
 Progressive dimensioning.
 Dimensioning by coordinates
 Equidistant dimensioning.
 Repeated dimensioning.
 Chain Dimensioning
In this method, a series of adjacent dimensions are
arranged in one horizontal row.
The dimensions are placed in a series forming a
chain of individual dimensions.
This method is used when tolerances on each of the
chain dimensions does not affect the functional
requirement of the part.
 Parallel Dimensioning
When a number of dimensions are to be indicated
from a common surface or a line, called, datum, each
one of the dimensions are indicated by individual
parallel dimension line.
This method is used when the tolerances on the
individual dimensions affect the function of the part
in the assembly.
 Combined Dimensioning
In this method both the chain and parallel
dimensioning are combined on a drawing.
The dimensions are placed as chain dimensions in
two rows, while all the individual dimensions are
placed from a common datum by the parallel
dimensional method.
 Progressive Dimensioning
The dimension lines are drawn separately parallel to
one another, large space is required for dimensioning.
When the parallel dimensioning is not practicable
due to space restrictions, progressive dimensioning is
used.
In this method, the datum or the origin is indicated
by a small circle and zero.
The dimension figures may be placed near the
arrowhead in line with the corresponding projection
line, or near the arrowhead above the dimension.
Dimensioning by Coordinates
This method is used when number of holes of
different sizes have to be dimensioned, instead of
using progressive dimensioning.
In the second method, the coordinates X and Y are
used from the datum surfaces to the centers of each of
the holes, which is given in a separate table.
 Equidistant Dimensioning
This method is used when some elements are
uniformly arranged or equidistant from one another.
The dimensioning may be simplified by giving the
product of the number of spacing's that is pitch.
If there is any possibility of confusion between the
length of the space and the number of spacing's, then
one space is dimensioned along with the dimension
indicating the product of number of spacing's and the
dimension value.
 Repeated Dimensions
This method is used when certain elements of same
size are repeated a number of times on a drawing.
To avoid repetition of the same dimension
everywhere, the product of number of repeated
features and the dimension value may be indicated
only at one feature.
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