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1、 Foreword Engineering CAD & Drafting Standards Ford Proprietary and/or Confidential Information - Do not distribute to others w/o prior written authorization. Version 28 TOC Original Issue: 19960419 Copyright, Ford Motor Company. Latest Re-issue: 20111231Forewordi Printed copies are uncontrolled.FOR

2、EWORD PURPOSE. The purpose of the Ford Motor Company Engineering CAD & Drafting Standards (FECDS) is to provide direction to Ford Motor Company Engineering Activities, Suppliers, and contract engineering companies for the preparation of Product, Manufacturing and Service technical drawings for use b

3、y Ford Motor Company and its suppliers. These Standards provide comprehensive information regarding the preparation and interpretation of engineering drawings and assist Ford Motor Companys engineering organizations to satisfy the principles of ISO/TS 16949. Definition of a Drawing as it pertains to

4、 the Ford Motor Company Engineering CAD & Drafting Standards. A drawing is a graphical representation to describe the design intent of objects and containing the necessary annotations to construct final products, models, machinery or tooling aids. NOTE: All drawings shall be created according to the

5、 latest version of FECDS unless tabulated on a drawing created according to a prior version of these standards. DEFINITION OF FIGURE REPRESENTATIONS AS USED IN THIS MANUAL. The figures in these Standards are intended only as illustrations to aid the user in understanding the principles and methods u

6、sed in the text. The absence of a figure illustrating the desired application is not a reason to assume inapplicability. In some instances, figures show added detail for emphasis. In other instances, figures are incomplete by intent. OPERATING BASIS. The Ford Motor Company Engineering CAD & Drafting

7、 Standards were consolidated from the former NAAO and EAO Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering Drafting Standards manuals by a designated working group. This working group was sponsored by the Strategic Standardization Organization, now Standards Operations (SO) and the Standards produc

8、ed by the working group were approved by a consortium of Chief Engineers from representative activities of the company. Responsibility for the content of the Ford Motor Company Engineering CAD & Drafting Standards resides with the office of the Director of Product Creation Processes. See Appendix D.

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10、GINEERING CAD & DRAFTING STANDARDS Return to TOC DATABASE ORGANIZATION. These Standards are based on metric (SI) units of measure. The text is in English1and is worded so that the meaning cannot be misconstrued. The database for these Standards is maintained as an electronic file. The system used fo

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14、 received after 31 August may not be actioned until a subsequent issue of the standard. Proposals for change are submitted using the downloadable form from Appendix C. The form along with any additional documented rationale for the proposed change, should be emailed to: To: Chris Leaves () Subject:

15、FECDS Revision to Standard A 1 1Based on the Oxford Modern English Dictionary, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1992 (Reprinted 1994).Original Issue: 19960419 Copyright, Ford Motor Company. Latest Re-issue: 20111231Forewordii Printed copies are uncontrolled.ENGINEERING CAD & DRAFTING STANDA

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17、estion (also state standard number where possible) NOTE: This procedure is ONLY for questions of clarification or interpretation of Standards content. It is not for proposing revisions to a Standard. The Ford Motor Company Engineering CAD & Drafting Standards Committee will endeavor to respond to yo

18、ur inquiry promptly. There may be some delay if the committee member(s) have to conduct research or discuss your question prior to responding. REVISION IDENTIFICATION. Each page will show the initial issue date and the latest re-issue date of the Standard. Revised content will be identified by a ver

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