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5th May 2011, 05:18 PM #1
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Why do plans say so many "off" for multiple parts. For most other similar usage we would say "of". ie "Apples? I'll have two of them thanks"
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5th May 2011, 05:30 PM #2
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One old teachers answer was "Thats because its how many you have to cut off"
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5th May 2011, 11:58 PM #3
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Well I've never made an apple from a plan , bit in to a few in my time and a few of them were off.
"Off" for off the drawing.
That's what I was taught in Tech Drawing.
In Engineering the term "plans" was never used ,it was always drawing.
Plans were produced by Architects for builders.
But these days every thing seems to be downside up
Kev."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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6th May 2011, 02:33 AM #4Dave J Guest
That makes sense Kev.
Dave
