National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 128‑2:2022. It is identical to ISO 128‑2:2022. It supersedes BS EN ISO 128‑2:2020, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TPR/1, Technical Product Realization.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2022.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 10, Technical product documentation, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/SS F01, Technical drawings, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 128‑2:2020), of which it constitutes a minor revision. The changes are as follows:

the term “line element” changed to “graphical basic element” throughout;
in Annex C, Table C.1, the right-hand cell in the header has been changed from “Example” to “Figure no.” to be consistent with Table E.1;
in Annex D, Table D.1, item 04.2.1, duplicate text removed;
in Annex G, Table G.1, the third header cell from the left has been changed from “Example” to “Application” to be consistent with Table C.1 and Table E.1;
in Annex E, Table E.1 and in Annex G, Table G.1, the right-hand cell in the header has been changed from “Figure” to “Example” to be consistent with the rest of the document;
minor editorial changes.

A list of all parts in the ISO 128 series can be found on the ISO website.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

Introduction

This document contains generally applicable rules for the presentation of lines in all kinds of technical product documentation.

All figures in this document have been drawn in first-angle projection. It should be understood that third-angle projection or other methods could have been used equally well without prejudice to the principles established.

The application of lines within drawings of special technical fields varies considerably. Therefore, rules of application specific to technical fields are given in Annexes B to G.

Annex A provides information for the calculation of the most important basic types of non-continuous lines according to types of lines and their graphical basic elements.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2022.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN ISO 128‑2:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 10 "Technical product documentation" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/SS F01 “Technical drawings” the secretariat of which is held by CCMC.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2023.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN ISO 128‑2:2020.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 128‑2:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 128‑2:2022 without any modification.

1 Scope

This document establishes the types of lines used in technical drawings (e.g. diagrams, plans or maps), their designations and their configurations, as well as general rules for the draughting of lines. In addition, this document specifies general rules for the representation of leader and reference lines and their components as well as for the arrangement of instructions on or at leader lines in technical documents. Annexes have been provided for specific information on mechanical, construction and shipbuilding technical drawings.

For the purposes of this document the term “technical drawing” is interpreted in the broadest possible sense, encompassing the total package of documentation specifying the product (workpiece, subassembly, assembly).

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Types of lines

4.1 General

4.2 Basic types

4.3 Line subtypes

4.4 Variations of the basic types of lines

4.5 Combinations of lines with the same length

5 Line dimensions

5.1 Line width

5.2 Deviation in line width

5.3 Configuration of lines

6 Draughting of lines

6.1 Spacing

6.2 Junctions

6.3 Location of a second line

6.4 Hierarchy of overlapping lines

7 Colours

8 Designation

9 Basic conventions and applications for leader lines and reference lines

9.1 Presentation of leader lines

9.2 Representation of reference lines

9.3 Indication of instructions

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 128-2:2022

Technical product documentation (TPD). General principles of representation - Basic conventions for lines

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Published:

30 Nov 2022