Problems encountered in reading and interpreting part prints

The designers and draftsmen maintain a considerable degree of individualism in their work, though efforts are continuously made to standardize the design and drawing techniques. In fact companies themselves frequently setup their own standards for the drafting room, establish their own codes and notations, all of which are meant to satisfy the needs peculiar to that individual industry. However, due to these non-standardization practices, the process engineers may confuse with the notations and other details on the part drawings from an outside firm. Hence it is obviously tempting for the process engineer to substitute his own interpretation of the part print which may be quite different from those of the product designer. Such assumptions can be extremely dangerous.

It is necessary that the process engineer and product engineer effect a meeting of minds to avoid hazards involved in having more than one interpretation of the part print. Any revision in the part print resulting from such a meeting should be recorded on the part print. Oral agreements should not be made under any conditions.