MIL-DTL-24784/10C(NAVY)
3.4.6 Illustration titles. Titles shall be located adjacent to the page number. The primary source document
from which the illustration was developed shall be identified immediately below the illustration title in the manner
3.4.7 Line widths. Line artwork shall be prepared with line widths of sufficient size and strength to reproduce
a minimum final line width, without dropout (when reduced), of 0.01 inch.
3.4.8 Piping illustrations. Pipe sizes shall be indicated by line width. A code to indicate the pipe size scale
shall appear on the illustration. Recommended pipe size scale for oversized artwork is shown on figure 4.
3.4.9 Electrical system illustrations. Electrical distribution wire and cable sizes shall be annotated on the
illustration. Bus bars shall be depicted in rectangular form and identified accordingly.
3.4.10 Illustration size. All original artwork shall be prepared for reproduction at final sizes as indicated on
figure 2 (9½ by 7½ for single illustration pages), and figure 3 (9½ by 3½ for double illustration pages).
3.4.11 Multiple or parallel installations. Only one system shall be illustrated when multiple or parallel systems
or components are installed in the ship. A note shall be added to the illustration to indicate the existence of the
system(s) or component(s) not shown.
3.4.12 Color in illustrations. When specified by the acquiring activity (see 6.2), only the Pantone PMS colors
and variations of use identified in MIL-DTL-24784 shall be used for TABs. The color-coded drawing copies shall
identify each color by number and variation of use.
3.5 Arrangement. Unless otherwise specified by the acquiring activity (see 6.2), the manual shall be arranged
in a standardized format [that is, front matter, technical content, appendices, glossaries, indices and Technical
Manual Deficiency Evaluation Report (TMDER)] and appropriately divided by volume, part, chapter and section in
accordance with Appendix A of MIL-DTL-24784 and the following.
3.5.1 Division of coverage. The TAB shall consist of at least two unclassified volumes. A third volume
(supplement) shall be used when classified information must be included in the TAB coverage. The division of
coverage shall be as follows:
a.
Volume 1 - Piping systems.
b.
Volume 2 - Electrical and electronic systems.
c.
Volume 3 - Supplement (classified data applicable to both volumes).
3.5.2 Volume and part limitation. Volumes, or parts thereof, shall not exceed 500 pages (250 sheets).
3.5.3 Cover or title page. The cover or title page shall be prepared as shown in Appendix A of
MIL-DTL-24784, except that it shall be prepared in a horizontal (landscape) format.
3.6 Technical content. The technical content of each volume of the TAB shall be arranged as follows:
a.
General information.
b.
List of abbreviations.
c.
List of symbols.
d.
System and component designation tables.
e.
Perspective and plan views.
f.
System and component diagrams.
3.6.1 General information. General information shall include, as a minimum, the following data:
a.
Full title and Government identification numbers of all volumes and separately bound parts of volumes
comprising the TAB (including supplements).
b.
Explanation of the purpose and scope of the TAB.
c.
Explicit applicability of the TAB.
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