Technical product documentation. Sizes and layout of drawing sheets

BS EN ISO 5457:1999+A1:2010 Technical product documentation. Sizes and layout of drawing sheets

BS EN ISO 5457 is an International Standard which specifies the size and layout of preprinted sheets for technical drawings in any field of engineering, including those produced by computer. BS EN ISO 5457 is also applicable to other technical documents.

Contents of BS EN ISO 5457:

1 Scope

2 Normative references

3 Sizes

3.1 Size of series ISO-A

3.2 Elongated sizes

4 Graphical features

4.1 Title block

4.2 Borders and frame

4.3 Centring marks

4.4 Grid reference system

4.5 Trimming marks

5 Designation

Annex A (informative) Example of a drawing sheet

Figure 1 — Size A3 to A0

Figure 2 — Size A4

Figure 3 — Size system overview

Figure 4 — Borders

Figure 5 — Grid reference system and centring marks

Figure 6 — Trimming marks

Figure A.1 — Example of a format A3 drawing sheet

Table 1 — Sizes of trimmed and untrimmed sheets and the drawing space

Table 2 — Number of fields