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symbol
Description
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AC
AF
across corners
across flats
AISI
Steel Institute
Al or AL
aluminium
ALY
alloy
AMER
American
AMS
Standards
AN-
ANN
anneal, annealed
ANSI
American National
Standards Institute
ANSI Z87.1.
APPROX[2]
approximately
AQL
AR
as required
AS
Standards;Australian
Standards
supplier, approved
vendor, approved-
product-supplier list,
approved-vendor list
ASA
American Standards
Association
ASME
ASSY or ASY
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
ASME Y14.5.
assembly
ASTM
AVG
average
AWG
BASIC
BC or B.C.
bolt circle
BHCS
BHN
Brinell hardness
number
BoM or BOM
BP, B/P
blueprint
BRZ
bronze
BSC
basic dimension
CAD
computer-aided design,
computer-aided
drafting;cadmium
[plating]
CAGE
Commercial and
Government
Entity[code]
C-C or C-TO-C
CBN
centre-to-centre; on
centres
CDA
CERT or cert
CG
certification
centerless
ground,centerless
grinding
Center mark
CH
chamfer
CHAM
chamfer
CI
cast iron
CL or
CNC
computer numerical
control
CR
controlled radius
CRES
[steel]
CRS
C'BORE or
CBORE or
CSK or
CSINK or
CTN, ctn
centres
counterbore
countersink
carton
[2]
the symbol tells you that the tolerance zone for the
geometric tolerance iscylindrical. Abbreviations for
"diameter" include , DIA, and D.
DIA[2]
DIM
diameter; delta
diameter
dimension,
dimensioning
DO, do
DOD, DoD
ditto
[U.S.] Department of
Defense
DPD
DWG, dwg
drawing
engineering order
EQ
equal, equally
FAO
FCF
FD or F/D
FIM
FL
FN or F/N
number
FoS
FS
far side
FSCM
Federal Stock/Supply
GCI
GD&T or GDT
geometric
dimensioning and
tolerancing
GN or G/N
general note(s)
HBW
hardness, Brinell,
tungsten tip
HHCS
HRA
hardness, Rockwell, A
scale
HRB
hardness, Rockwell, B
scale
HRC
hardness, Rockwell, C
scale
HRS
HT TR
treatment
H&T or H/T or
hardened and
HT
tempered
in accordance with
ID
ISO
International
Organization for
Standardization
KEY
key
KPSI, kpsi
inch
KSI, ksi
LH
LM or L/M
LMC
MACH
MAJ
MAX[2]
machine; machined
major
maximum
MBD
MBP
MBW
MF or M/F
measurement between
pins
measurement between
wires
make from
MFD
manufactured
MFG
manufacturing
MFR
manufacturer
MIL-
MIN[2]
minimum; minutes;
minor
MMC
condition
MOD, MoD
Ministry of Defence
MOP, MoP
MOW, MoW
measurement over
wires
MPa, MPA
MRB
MS-
NAS
Standards
NC
National
Coarse;numerical
control
NCM
material(s)
NCR
NEC
not elsewhere
classified; National
Electrical Code
NEF
NF
NL or N/L
NOM[2]
NORM or
NORMD
NPS
NPT
notes list
nominal
normalized
Naval Primary
Standard
[3]
NS
NSCM
National Stock/Supply
N&T or N/T or
NT
NTS
normalized and
tempered
not to scale
OAL
OC
OD
overall length
on center(s)
outer diameter
ODA
OHL
OPP
ORIG
opposite
original
pc, pcs
piece, pieces
PD
pitch diameter
PDM, PDMS
product data
management, product
product data
management system
[app]
PH or P/H
precipitation hardening,
precipitation-hardened;
pilot hole
PHR BRZ
phosphor bronze
PL or P/L
PLM
product lifecycle
management; plant
lifecycle management
PN or P/N
part number
POI
PSI
PTFE
polytetrafluoroethylene
QMS
system
QTY or qty
quantity
RA, Ra
roughness,
average;Rockwell A
scale
RB, Rb
Rockwell B scale
RC, Rc
Rockwell C scale
REF or ( )[2]
REQD or REQ'D
REV
revision
RFS
RH
RHR
roughness height
reading
RMA
return material
authorization
RMS
RT or R/T
RTP
RTV
room-temperature
vulcanizing; return to
vendor
RZ, Rz
SAE
SC or S/C
sharp corners
SF or S/F
SFACE or
S/FACE
SHCS
SHN
SHSS
SI
spotface
spotface
shown
Systme international
[d'units] [International
System of Units]
SN or S/N
serial number
SOL ANN
solution anneal,
solution annealed
SPEC or spec
specification
SPHER ANN
spheroidize anneal
SPOTFACE
Spot facing
SR
spherical radius
SS or S/S
SST
STD
Standard
STEP
Standard for
theExchange
of Product Model Data
STA
STI
STL
STK
steel
stock
TAP
TB or T/B
Tapped hole
title block
TDP
THD or thd
thread
THK or thk
thickness
THRU
THRU ALL
Ti
titanium
TiN
titanium nitride[plating]
TIR
TOL
tolerance, tolerancing
TSC
theoretical sharp
corner(s)
TY
type
TYP[2]
UAI
use as-is
ULL
UNC
Unified National
Coarse
UNEF
UNF
UNJC
UNJF
UNS
Special; unified
numbering system
UON
UOS
USASI
unless otherwise
specified
United States of
America Standards
Institute
USS
Standard; United
States Steel
UTS
ultimate tensile
strength; Unified
Thread Standard
finish
WC
WI
W/I, w/i
W/O, w/o
within
without
_X_
X[2] or ( )
number of placesfor
example, 8X or (8)
Y14.X
YS
yield strength