Tag Archive: Size and Layout of Drawing Sheets

Technical Drawing Standards: Grid Reference Frame.

BS ISO Grid Reference Frame Enlarged Detail

Find out how to draw an Engineering style grid reference frame on your technical drawings.

Technical Drawing Standards: Centring Marks

BS ISO Centring marks from BS EN 5457 Technical product documentation - Size and layout of drawing sheets

Find out how to add BS ISO compliant Centring marks to your drawing border frames.

Technical Drawing Standards: Border size

BS ISO Border Sizes Landscape

The size of the drawing border (or ‘Drawing Frame’) on your technical drawings is covered in BS EN ISO 5457. The BS ISO standards  require a 20mm border to the left hand edge (for filing) and a 10mm border round the other three sides of the drawing sheet. BS EN ISO 5457:1999+A1:2010 Technical product documentation. Sizes…

Technical Drawing Standards: Paper Sizes

BS ISO Paper sizes

Find out more about the British (BS) and International (ISO) standard range of paper sizes for Technical Drawing.