TYPICAL or TYP notation on drawings | Eng-Tips TYPICAL or TYP indicates the number of places the geometry feature or dimension appears on a drawing It could be in ANSI ASME Y1 1-1989 Abbreviations for Use on Drawings and in Text
ANSI Y14. 5M 1982 and use of TYP | Eng-Tips Is the use of TYP or Typical acceptable and if so can someone point me to a reference that calls that out? I have an orange copy of Dimensioning and Tolerancing ANSI Y14 5M -1982 On page 18 1 9 5 Repetitive Features or Dimensions it specified you can use "X" but I see nothing regarding
Typ, Both Sides and Other Notes | Eng-Tips TYP is useful when there are no discrete quantities One example may be if you have a series of meandering and braching channels where multiple depth and width dims may actually be more confusing than helpful, and where a qty would be based on POV on how one sees counts a branching channel's beginning or ending
slab isolation joint - 1 2 typ? | Eng-Tips What is the width of a typical isolation joint for a concrete slab on grade? As in the type that would interface between a column footing and slab, a generator pad, or around the perimeter of a 'floating' slab? I have used 1 2" in sidewalks I've poured but have limited experience pouring (or
TYPICAL or TYP notation on drawings | Page 2 | Eng-Tips The "TYP" callout was often used in wall sections to reference typical or common elements of a section In mechanical engineering, you often see this callout on hole dimension and the like
use of typ. on a drawing | Eng-Tips You may even use TYP 5 PLACES as a local note (make sure you call out the number of PL)as long as it is clear It is a good practice to have seperate drawings for L H R H to document say tooling changes on one that may not be needed on both drawings , (tool hole etc )it just gives you better control of Drawings
Expanded use of ALL AROUND Symbol | Eng-Tips axym and PeterStock: Yes, I am talking about putting the all around symbol on the bend of a leader which is calling out a radius or a chamfer in lieu of using a word description such as "ALL AROUND", or "CONTINUOUS" under the dimension We do not use "TYP"---too vague
(Another) TYP Question | Eng-Tips Hey Folks I know people have asked about using TYP on drawings ad infinitum on this forum But I'm wondering how you handle repetitive details in 2D drawings, not repetitive features So if I'm calling out the hole size in a hole pattern in one view; I use 4X DIA 25 etc, sure How about a
Text Lisp | Eng-Tips Does anyone have a lisp that can edit Mtext or regular text to put common things behind or in front of the text? Example: I have a leader with text "a"(mtext or regular text) and I want it to read "a typ" or "a SEE DETAIL" or "2X a SEE Detail" So I am looking for something that I can pick