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"Alt-Codes"

Q: "How do you get special symbols up that are not on the keyboard?"

A: "Alt-Codes" - See below for some useful samples:

Recently Added Alt 9012 which is a counterbore symbol

  

Update: Recently people have been requesting the counterbore symbol, which was helpfully supplied by Shawn A. Dierickx, Sr. Designer at ENTEGEE Engineering.

Also looking at comments from Michael Hegwood from procnc.com, regarding a Hole Depth Call out. the closest thing we can find is Alt 25... which does not have the horizontal line across the top..

↓ Alt 25
 

To obtain an ALT Character: On a windows PC

  1. Ensure that the Num Lock Light is illuminated - ( the numeric key section is activated)
    • If not then press the NumLock Key
    • (On a Laptop look for a Function or "FN" Key, & a symbol of a keypad in the same colour as the function key)
  2. Press & Hold the Alt key.
    • While the Alt key is held down:
  3. Type the sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) of the ALT code from the table below.
  4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.
 
Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*  
½ Alt 171   ¼ Alt 0188  
¼ Alt 172   ½ Alt 0189  
° Alt 0176   ¾ Alt 0190  
± Alt 0177   ¹ Alt 0185  
CBoreALT Alt 9012        

Notes:

  1. If a preceding zero is listed in the code, it is required that you type it in.
  2. There are more than one code per symbol, depending on the standard employed (see table above)
Specific Engineering Useful "ALT-codes" (Grouped by Category)
Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*
½ Alt 171   ¼ Alt 0188   ¹ Alt 0185   ► Alt 16
¼ Alt 172   ½ Alt 0189   ² Alt 0178   ◄ Alt 17
° Alt 0176   ¾ Alt 0190   ³ Alt 0179   ■ Alt 254
± Alt 0177               ▲ Alt 30
± Alt 241               ▼ Alt 31
Ø Alt 0216               ↨ Alt 23
∞ Alt 236               ↑ Alt 24
% Alt 37               ↓ Alt 25
‰ Alt 0137               → Alt 26
µ Alt 230               ← Alt 27
                  ↔ Alt 29
                     

Any suggestions for alt codes to include, then just send an email: webmaster@engineeredbydesign.co.uk
Alt Code Listing - Numerical sorting
 
 
Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*   Character ALT Code*
☺ Alt 1   A Alt 65   ü Alt 129   ┼ Alt 197   ˆ Alt 0136
☻ Alt 2   B Alt 66   é Alt 130   ã Alt 198   ‰ Alt 0137
♥ Alt 3   C Alt 67   â Alt 131   Ã Alt 199   Š Alt 0138
♦ Alt 4   D Alt 68   ä Alt 132   ╚ Alt 200   ‹ Alt 0139
♣ Alt 5   E Alt 69   à Alt 133   ╔ Alt 201   Œ Alt 0140
♠ Alt 6   F Alt 70   å Alt 134   ╩ Alt 202    Alt 0141
• Alt 7   G Alt 71   ç Alt 135   ╦ Alt 203   Ž Alt 0142
◘ Alt 8   H Alt 72   ê Alt 136   ╠ Alt 204   ‘ Alt 0145
○ Alt 9   I Alt 73   ë Alt 137   ═ Alt 205   ’ Alt 0146
◙ Alt 10   J Alt 74   è Alt 138   ╬ Alt 206   “ Alt 0147
♂ Alt 11   K Alt 75   ï Alt 139   ¤ Alt 207   ” Alt 0148
♀ Alt 12   L Alt 76   î Alt 140   ð Alt 208   – Alt 0150
♪ Alt 13   M Alt 77   ì Alt 141   Ð Alt 209   — Alt 0151
♫ Alt 14   N Alt 78   æ Alt 145   Ê Alt 210   ˜ Alt 0152
☼ Alt 15   O Alt 79   Æ Alt 146   Ë Alt 211   ™ Alt 0153
► Alt 16   P Alt 80   ô Alt 147   È Alt 212   š Alt 0154
◄ Alt 17   Q Alt 81   ö Alt 148   ı Alt 213   › Alt 0155
↕ Alt 18   R Alt 82   ò Alt 149   Í Alt 214   œ Alt 0156
‼ Alt 19   S Alt 83   û Alt 150   Î Alt 215   ž Alt 0158
Alt 20   T Alt 84   ù Alt 151   Ï Alt 216   Ÿ Alt 0159
§ Alt 21   U Alt 85   ÿ Alt 152   ┘ Alt 217   ¤ Alt 0164
? Alt 22   V Alt 86   ø Alt 155   ┌ Alt 218   ¦ Alt 0166
↨ Alt 23   W Alt 87   £ Alt 156   █ Alt 219   ¨ Alt 0168
↑ Alt 24   X Alt 88   Ø Alt 157   ▄ Alt 220   © Alt 0169
↓ Alt 25   Y Alt 89   × Alt 158   ¦ Alt 221   ® Alt 0174
→ Alt 26   Z Alt 90   ƒ Alt 159   Ì Alt 222   ¯ Alt 0175
← Alt 27   [ Alt 91   á Alt 160   ▀ Alt 223   ³ Alt 0179
∟ Alt 28   \ Alt 92   í Alt 161   Ó Alt 224   ´ Alt 0180
↔ Alt 29   ] Alt 93   ó Alt 162   ß Alt 225   ¸ Alt 0184
▲ Alt 30   ^ Alt 94   ú Alt 163   G Alt 226   ¹ Alt 0185
▼ Alt 31   _ Alt 95   ñ Alt 164   p Alt 227   ¾ Alt 0190
  Alt 32   ` Alt 96   Ñ Alt 165   S Alt 228   À Alt 0192
! Alt 33   a Alt 97   ª Alt 166   s Alt 229   Á Alt 0193
" Alt 34   b Alt 98   º Alt 167   µ Alt 230   Â Alt 0194
# Alt 35   c Alt 99   ¿ Alt 168   t Alt 231   Ã Alt 0195
$ Alt 36   d Alt 100   ® Alt 169   F Alt 232   Ä Alt 0196
% Alt 37   e Alt 101   ¬ Alt 170   T Alt 233   Å Alt 0197
& Alt 38   f Alt 102   ½ Alt 171   O Alt 234   È Alt 0200
' Alt 39   g Alt 103   ¼ Alt 172   d Alt 235   É Alt 0201
( Alt 40   h Alt 104   ¡ Alt 173   8 Alt 236   Ê Alt 0202
) Alt 41   i Alt 105   « Alt 174   f Alt 237   Ë Alt 0203
* Alt 42   j Alt 106   » Alt 175   e Alt 238   Ì Alt 0204
+ Alt 43   k Alt 107   ░ Alt 176   n Alt 239   Í Alt 0205
, Alt 44   l Alt 108   ▒ Alt 177   = Alt 240   Î Alt 0206
- Alt 45   m Alt 109   ▓ Alt 178   ± Alt 241   Ï Alt 0207
. Alt 46   n Alt 110   │ Alt 179   = Alt 242   Ð Alt 0208
/ Alt 47   o Alt 111   ┤ Alt 180   = Alt 243   Ò Alt 0210
0 Alt 48   p Alt 112   Á Alt 181   ( Alt 244   Ó Alt 0211
1 Alt 49   q Alt 113   Â Alt 182   ) Alt 245   Ô Alt 0212
2 Alt 50   r Alt 114   À Alt 183   ÷ Alt 246   Õ Alt 0213
3 Alt 51   s Alt 115   © Alt 184   ¸ Alt 247   Ö Alt 0214
4 Alt 52   t Alt 116   ╣ Alt 185   ° Alt 248   × Alt 0215
5 Alt 53   u Alt 117   ║ Alt 186   ¨ Alt 249   Ø Alt 0216
6 Alt 54   v Alt 118   ╗ Alt 187   · Alt 250   Ù Alt 0217
7 Alt 55   w Alt 119   ╝ Alt 188   ¹ Alt 251   Ú Alt 0218
8 Alt 56   x Alt 120   ¢ Alt 189   ³ Alt 252   Û Alt 0219
9 Alt 57   y Alt 121   ¥ Alt 190   ² Alt 253   Ü Alt 0220
: Alt 58   z Alt 122   ┐ Alt 191   ■ Alt 254   Ý Alt 0221
; Alt 59   { Alt 123   └ Alt 192   € Alt 0128   Þ Alt 0222
< Alt 60   | Alt 124   ┴ Alt 193   „ Alt 0132   ã Alt 0227
= Alt 61   } Alt 125   ┬ Alt 194   … Alt 0133   ð Alt 0240
> Alt 62   ~ Alt 126   ├ Alt 195   † Alt 0134   ý Alt 0253
? Alt 63   ⌂ Alt 127   ─ Alt 196   ‡ Alt 0135   þ Alt 0254
@ Alt 64   Ç Alt 128