Hello All,
I work for a start-up company as Electrical Design/Drafter. It's my responsibility to set-up AutoCAD standards, blocks & templates for electrical drawings (panel fronts, schematics, wiring diagrams). I am the only designer here for now, until we hire more people in the future, so what I set up now, will be the company final standard.
Before I came on board, the engineer had done all of his drawings. He wasn't too knowledge in CAD standards, but did the best he could. His drawings were accurate, but not set to any types of standards.
His drawings were all model space (I prefer paper space, multiple layout tabs).
Title blocks are 34" x 52". (I prefer 24" x 36")
Therefore, with his "wider" border, he made his symbols much larger. All text is minimum 3/16" (I am used to 1/8"). He used SHX fonts, while I wanted to explore TTF fonts.
While I questioned myself using these symbols he had already created, I built all of our blocks and standards based off of his prior drawings. I felt it would be easier to use what he had started, as opposed to starting completely over.
I am now having second thoughts.
My questions are:
1) Do I continue building the blocks, standards, etc. based off the large library I have already created from his drawings? Even though I find some things as non-standard?
2) What is considered "good standards" when it comes to electrical, schematics, wiring diagram types of drawings?
3) What are most common preferences when it comes to title block sizes, fonts, text heights, model space, paper space?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!