Need Assistance Drawing Spring

[RobDraw]

I do not like the way this is coming out.

 

Would someone be so kind as to help me make the spline in this block look like a spring?

Spring Assisted Check Valve.dwg

[ReMark]

Since it is a symbol why try to impart a pictorial view to the spring? For our spring operated ball valves we use a zigzag to represent the spring.

[RobDraw]

Just following directions ReMark. Not a bad idea, though. I'll take a look for other symbols in our library that might have a representation of a spring that I can copy to see what approach was used.

[ReMark]

Would this be acceptable?

 

[RobDraw]

I think the coils might bleed together but, yeah, I night go with something like that. Thanks.

[ReMark]

Back to your original idea. Perhaps it should look more like this?

 

[RobDraw]

I like the zig-zag much better and have been given the okay for that. Thanks again.

[steven-g]

Something like one of these

 

 

EDIT: Damn it some people are quick

Spring Assisted Check Valve.dwg

[Dadgad]

Something like one of these

 

 

EDIT: Damn it some people are quick

 

In light of Rob's concern about the spring coils bleeding, perhaps the one you did with the double lines would be safer. I like it.

[RobDraw]

Steve, the single line coil is almost perfect. Fewer coils would get it there. I'm trying to figure out how you got it so symmetrical.

[ReMark]

The user is free to increase the spacing between the zigzags. I've printed "D" size drawings on "B" sized paper and our engineers can still recognize a spring loaded valve from one that isn't.

[steven-g]

Steve, the single line coil is almost perfect. Fewer coils would get it there. I'm trying to figure out how you got it so symmetrical.

I left the preparation stages in the drawing, just drew the spline and then trimmed it at each end because they can be a bit sloppy with a spline.

[Dadgad]

Steve, the single line coil is almost perfect. Fewer coils would get it there. I'm trying to figure out how you got it so symmetrical.

 

Sorry Rob, you can only do that with LT.

[RobDraw]

This is what I went with for today. I tried to get Steve's spline trick to work but it just didn't quite get there.

[RobDraw]

Further thought tells me that the pigtail coil representation is not accurate. The zig-zag is much more representative of the side view of a spring.

[ROBP]

something like this perhaps ?

[RobDraw]

Not at all.

 

Did you make that?

[ROBP]

Not at all.

 

Did you make that?

 

no but did a qwick search and it came from this site:

 

http://www.plumbinghelp.ca/articles_plumbing_symbols_valves.php

[RobDraw]

Somebody already decided what the symbol should look like and I needed it for a submission today. Thanks for looking it up, though. We need one in our library and I will show him that one. It's similar to our other check valves.

 

I'm glad you didn't draw it. "I see bad CAD." I've got issues with just about every aspect of the drafting. So much so, that I'm afraid to look at the actual work or even the website.

[ROBP]

Somebody already decided what the symbol should look like and I needed it for a submission today. Thanks for looking it up, though. We need one in our library and I will show him that one. It's similar to our other check valves.

 

I'm glad you didn't draw it. "I see bad CAD." I've got issues with just about every aspect of the drafting. So much so, that I'm afraid to look at the actual work or even the website.

 

I do care about aspect too it was just to show you that symbol has been standardized and pretty much universal so the intention was never to reinvent the wheel but to me a spring loaded check valve are always represented according to the standard and no time is spent on fancy stuff specially not for for symbol.

R