【转帖】engineering grammer for notes

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engineering grammer for notes
a co-worker and i are arguing over proper grammer as it applies to drawing notes.  as fickle as this may sound, i hate being told that i am wrong without good premise.  he says that any sentence must end in a period.  my personal feeling is that if the note is longer than one sentence periods should be included in thas particular note only.
any direction in this matter would help tremendously.
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consistency is what makes a good dwg. either have periods on all notes or none at all.
i doubt this is covered in any recognised standard, and this question might be more suitable for
i'm not sure which standard covers this, but the global drawing requirements manual for departments of defense and commerce (based on dod-d-1000/dod-std-100) states "general notes are punctuated according to the rules of english grammar".
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ewh, wow, that pretty much settles it.
i've considered not using periods for list type notes like:
2.  material: 316 sst
or
2.  material: 316 sst.
but i've since settled on using full punctuation, even for these.  it's just clearer.  the only time i don't use a period is for notes with actual formatted lists, but that is rare, and i normally try to avoid documenting a spec in that manner anyway.
matt lorono
cad engineer/ecn analyst
silicon valley, ca
fcsuper,
while your notation for material call out is straight and to the point i would typically punctuate it anyway. english dictates that even one word is a sentence. no?
wes c.
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matt lorono
cad engineer/ecn analyst
silicon valley, ca
matt,
are you on your ...?
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chris
solidworks/pdmworks 08 2.0
autocad 06
in accordance to asme y14.100-2000 "engineering drawing practices", para 4.26.6, drawing notes - contents ... "drawing notes shall be concise, grammatically correct statements."
from what i am able to find, actual punctuation guidelines are not addressed in this standard. if somebody finds something please post.
otherwise my thoughts on this subject are to be logical; if the statement is clear and concise, it is most likely a sentence. if this is so, then use a period. if not,then don't punctuate and consider revising if it is not concise enough or does it even belong.  
the material callout, as used in an earlier example is not a sentence nor is it a statement.  therefore, does it even belong in a general note section?     
xplicator:
regarding matt's brief material sample:
does it not tell you what to make the part out of, period or not?
if the drawing format i have to work with does not have a material box in the title block area, i would make a general note just like that (although probably calling out the material spec. too).  
don't get me wrong i wasn't picking on him so much as i was trying to make the bigger point to the overall scenario that it is not a concise statement, so revising it to say something like - "component material is ______." - is in order to use a period.
now, if you choose to list it as shown in the example, thats fine but it would not get a period at the end since it does not constitute a statement.
in regards to whether it belongs there or not is up to you, i don't know your situation or practices.  however, it is always a good question to ask. if the answer is yes, but it needs revising, then do so.  if not and it belongs in the title block or bom, than you may have proactivly squelched a potential issue.