In addition, an individual company may have its own standards which supercede ASME Y14 to define conventions used by that company. The American National Standards Engineering Drawing and Related Documentation Practices (ASME Y14/ANSI Y14) contains the most widely accepted set of engineering drawing standards in the United States. Drawings are used by engineers and manufacturing technologists to communicate their ideas and hence good engineering drawings follow conventions which are referred to as drawing standards.
Conventions are essential for clear, unambiguous written, oral, and graphical communication.
