STANDARD SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS. TO BS8888 Term
Abbreviation or Symbol
Across Flats
AF
Assembly
ASSY
Centres
CRS
Centre Line ..On View Centre line ..On Note
CL
Centre Of Gravity
CG
Chamfer of Chamferred..In a Note
CHAM
Cheese Head
CH HD
Countersunk/ Countersink
CSK
Countersunk Head
CSK HD
Counterbore
CBORE
Cylinder or Cylinderical
CYL
Diameter..in a note
DIA
Diameter..preceding a dimension Drawing
DRG
Equally Spaced
EQUI SP
External
EXT
Figure
FIG
Full Indicated Movement
FIM
Hexagon
HEX
Hexagon Head
HEX HD
Insulated or Insulation
INSUL
Internal
INT
Least Material Condition..In a Note
LMC
Least Material Condition..(Geom.Dim) Left hand
LH
Long
LG
Machine
MC
Material
MAT
Maximum
MAX
Maximum Material Condition..In a note
MMC
Maximum Material Condition..(Geom. tol) Minimum
MIN
Not to Scale (In a note and underlined
NTS
Number
NO.
Pattern Number
PATT NO.
Pitch Circle Diameter
PCD
Radius..In a note
RAD
Radius..Preceding a dimension
R
Reference
REF
Required
REQD
Right hand
RH
Round Head
RD HD
Screw of Screwed
SCR
Sheet (Drawing Number)
SH
Sketch (prefix to Drawing Number)
SK
Specification
SPEC
Spherical Radius..Preceding dim
SR
Spotface
SFACE
Square ..In a note
SQ
Square ..Preceding dim Standard
STD
Taper.. On Dia or Width Thread
THD
Thick
THK
Tolerance
TOL
Typically OR Typical
TYP
Undercut
UCUT
Volume
VOL