Abbreviations which can be used on drawings

MISC — Miscellaneous. NC — Normally Closed. OD — Outside Diameter. PT — Pressure Tapping. RAD — Radius or radial. TO or T. OFF — Top Off. UA — Unequal Angle steel. UB — Universal Beam steel. UC — Universal Column steel. WB — Welded Beam steel. WC — Welded Column steel. WC — Water Closet toilet. Where the poo and wee goes. WD — Working Drawing. WM — Washing Machine. Basic types of symbols used in engineering drawings are countersink, counterbore, spotface, depth, radius, and diameter.

Here are more commonly used engineering drawing symbols and design elements as below. Common Engineering Drawing Abbreviations. Engineering Drawing Symbols. For example, on the English International version there are seven categories, of which three contain drawing styles for general arrangement GA , one for single parts Sp and the other three for main parts Mp.

Also, the displayed views depend on the "Necessary View Wizard". In order to understand where the abbreviations come from, we will further analyze a few drawing styles as samples:. Select Country. International English. Email address. What do the abbreviations used in the drawing styles mean? A drawing style contains one or more views. The detail styles from this category are especially used to obtain 3D views if the model is isometrically-oriented and the UCS is set on "View".