BS 8888:2020 Technical product documentation and specification

BS 8888:2020 effectively brings together, in one document, all the international standards (200 or more) needed to prepare technical product specifications. Furthermore, this latest edition includes much more of the basic information engineers need on a regular basis.

The 2020 revision contains numerous updates and changes to bring it up to date and make it even more useful, including:

1. New and updated material from recently revised international standards:

• ISO 1101 - the main standard for geometrical tolerancing requirements
• ISO 2692 - the standard for maximum material requirements
• ISO 5458 - the standard for patterns and combined geometrical specification

2. A new section on welding symbols and their use on engineering drawings.

3. An enhanced surface texture section providing fuller requirements for surface texture specification.

4. BS 8888 has been restructured to make it easier to find key information and to improve the flow of requirements to reflect how they will be used by designers and engineers.

BS 8888:2020 (ISBN 978 0 539 02682 5) is available to purchase from the BSI online shop priced 378, or 189 for Members of BSI.