Blueprint Reading Basics: Manufacturing Print Reading, Third Edition
By Warren Hammer

Dimension Elements

A dimension is normally made up of two extension lines, a dimension line and a measurement number. A shaft that is one inch in diameter and three inches long is dimensioned in Fig. 5-1. Figure 5-2 is the same as Figure 5-1 except fractions have been converted to decimals and names have been added to the elements of the dimension.


Figure 5-1: Dimensions indicate measurements.

Figure 5-2: The elements of a dimension.
Copyright Industrial Press, Inc. 2001 under license agreement with Books24x7
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