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Paper Format For ICAST-2017

This document provides formatting guidelines for papers submitted to the ICAST-2015 conference. It specifies fonts, sizes, and spacing for titles, authors, affiliations, abstracts, headings, body text, equations, figures, and references. Papers should be double column with margins of 2cm on all sides. Fonts should be Times New Roman or Helvetica. Sections and subsections use numbered headings in centered bold or italic. Figures should utilize column width and use a sans serif font for legibility.

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Paper Format For ICAST-2017

This document provides formatting guidelines for papers submitted to the ICAST-2015 conference. It specifies fonts, sizes, and spacing for titles, authors, affiliations, abstracts, headings, body text, equations, figures, and references. Papers should be double column with margins of 2cm on all sides. Fonts should be Times New Roman or Helvetica. Sections and subsections use numbered headings in centered bold or italic. Figures should utilize column width and use a sans serif font for legibility.

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FinalPaperFormatforICAST2015(Titlein18pointTimes

Roman)
Author11,Author22
(Listauthorsonthislineusing12pointTimesRomanuseasecondlineifnecessary)
1
Departmentof,University,City,Postalcode,Country,email
2
OrganizationName,City,Postalcode,Country,email
(authors'affiliation(s)listedherein10pointTimesRoman)

Abstract Use11pointTimesRomanBoldfortheabstract.Setyourlinespacingtobe10points
ratherthansinglespace.Indentthefirstlineby0.33cmandtypetheword"Abstract"in11point
TimesRomanBoldItalic.Thisshouldbefollowedbytwospaces,alongdash(option/shift/minus),
twospaces,andthenthefirstwordofyourabstract.Amoreprofessionallookwillresultifallthe
spacesaresettoafontstyleofregularratherthanbold.
Key words- Fonts, formatting, margins

I.Introduction For the Title use 18point Times Roman. Its


paragraphdescriptionshouldbesetsothattheline
Globalizationofmanufacturingindustryismaking spacingissinglewith6pointspacingbeforeand6
tool design and manufacturing to be highly point spacing after. The font description for the
competitive and time bound. To support AuthorListshouldbe12pointTimesRoman;the
manufacturingindustry,designofqualitytoolsand Authors Affiliation(s) should be 10point Times
itsdevelopmentisimportantapplicationfield. Roman. Theparagraphdescriptionsshouldbeset
Tool Engineering is a specialized area which so that the line spacing is single with 6point
comprisesdesignandmanufacturingofforgingdies, spacing before and after. Use an additional line
Die casting dies, Press tools, Plastic moulds, Jigs spacing of 12 points before the beginning of the
andFixtures,Cuttingtools,Specialpurposetools. doublecolumnsection.
TooldesignandToolmanufacturingaretwosides
of the same coin called Tool Engineering. These III.DetailedTextFormatting
toolsarenecessarytocreateproductsrangingfrom With21.0x29.7cmpaper(A4),topandbottom
general consumer items, Engineering components, marginsare2cm,andleftandrightmarginsarealso
Aircraft parts, Automobile components and any 2cm.ExceptforTitle,AuthorsandAffiliations,use
Specialpurposemachineparts. a double column format. The column width is
In this paper an attempt is made to describe the 8.2cmandthecolumnspacingis0.63cm.
Forgingdiedesignprocessforhandtools.Thisdie
designprocessreferstocloseddieforgingprocess.
Historicallydiedesignwasbasedontrialanderror EachmajorsectionbeginswithaHeadingin12
pointTimesRomancenteredwithinthecolumnand
and experiences of tool makers were appreciably
number using Roman numerals (except for
utilised.Nowthediedesignactivityishavingawell REFERENCES)followedbyaperiod,asinglespace,
definedsetofproceduresdescribedbelow.Presently andthetitleusinganinitialcapitalletterforeach
diedesignprocessisdoneusing3Dparametrictools word.Theremaininglettersarein SMALLCAPITALS.
and its application. With the availability of three The paragraph description of the section heading
dimensionalparametricpackagesitisquiteeasyto line should be set for 18points before, 6points
create, modify and manufacture the dies for any after,andthelinespacingshouldbesettoexactly
complexityofpresentdayproducts (Huang and Liu 12points.Hyphenationisencouragedthroughout.
,2008). Forthebodyofyourpaper,use10pointTimes
Roman and set your line spacing at "exactly
12points" with 0points before and after. Indent
eachparagraphby0.33cm.
II.OverviewOfTheJournalFormat Neverusefooternoranypagenumberinginyour
We are requesting that you follow these documentbecauseallthepageswillbenumbered
guidelinesascloselyaspossiblesothatthejournal bytheprinterwiththepageordertheyareplaced
has a professional look. All paragraphs of text, withintheProceedings.
including the abstract, figure captions, and refer Furtherdetailsareprovidedintheremainderof
ences,shouldbejustifiedattheleftandrightedges. thispaperonsomespecificsituations.
A.MajorSubsections 1.0
Example of 8 point Helvetica
Denote subsections with left justified 10point

Normalized Quality of Manuscript


Times Roman Italic. Order them with capitalized 0.8
Example of 6 point Helvetica

alphabetic characters (A, B ...). Follow the letter


designationwithaperiod,asinglespace,andthen 0.6
the subsection title capitalizing the first letter of
each word. The paragraph description of the
subsectionheadingissetto"exactly12point"line 0.4
spacingwith6pointsbeforeand6pointsafter.
B.Equations 0.2
Equationsshouldbecenteredinthecolumnand
numberedsequentially.Placeequationnumbersto
therightoftheequationwithinparenthesisandright 0.0
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
justifiedwithinitscolumn.Anexamplewouldbe: Relative Time Spent Reading Instructions

e=mc2 (1) Fig.1. Estimated relationship between the time an


authorspendsreadingtheseinstructionsandthequality
When referring to an equation, use the number oftheauthor'sproceedingsarticle.
withinparenthesis.Here(1)wasusedasanexample
because it was easy to type. If possible, use the Fig.1wasinsertedusingtheapproachdescribed
Symbol font for all special characters. The above.NoticethatbeforeFig.1,asingle12point
paragraph description of the line containing the lineisusedtoseparatetheprecedingtextfromthe
equation should be set for 6points before and figure. In this case, there was no need for a line
6pointsafter.Theparagraphspacingwillneedtobe betweenthefigurecaptionandthefigurebecause
setto"single"ratherthan"exactly12point"sothat thexaxislabelwasnotatthebottomedgeofthe
theheightwillautoscaletofittheequation. imageborder.Afterthefigurecaption,thereshould
be a single 12point blank line before the text
resumes.
IV.Figures Moreflexibilityisobtainedininsertingfiguresif
Figures should utilize as much of the column youcanplacethemexactlywhereyouwouldlike
width as possible in order to maximize legibility. themtobeonapage.Thiscanbeaccomplishedby
Use a sans serif font, such as Helvetica or Arial. insertingthe figure, selectingthe figure, andthen
HelveticaorArialislargerandeasiertoreadthan choosing "Format Picture... Settings which are
TimesRoman.Using6to9pointHelveticausually availableallowyoutoplacethefigureatanabsolute
results in a legible figure. When referring to a positiononapage,specifyifthetextissupposedto
figure, use the abbreviation Fig. followed by its flowaroundthefigureorifthefigureshouldmove
number.Placefigurecaptionsdirectlybeloweach withthetext,etc.Ifyouelecttoletthetextflow
figure. Use 9point Times Roman with the aroundthefigure,thenrememberthatyouwillhave
paragraphspacingsetat"exactly10points".Seta to insert a separate text box for the caption,
tab at 1.27cm. Type "Fig. #." (# is the numeral) otherwise the figure caption is likely to become
thentabovertothe1.27cmmarkbeforebeginning separatedfromthefigure.
thetextofthefigurecaption. TableIwasinsertedinthisfashionusing"Insert",
WithinMicrosoftWordthereareseveraloptions "TextBox",creatingthetextcontainedinTableI,
for placing figures within your paper. Often the and then formatting the text box using all the
easiestistoinsertthembetweenexistingparagraphs settings available under "Format", "Text Box...".
allowing the figures to remain in that relative TableIalsoservesasanillustrationofoneofthe
position.Theparagraphdescriptionwherethefigure rare instances when the double column format
is inserted must be set to "single" spacing rather requirement can be violated. Certain figures and
than"exactly12points"inordertoallowthelineto tableswillrequirethefullpagewidthtodisplay.It
autoscale in height to display the entire figure. isusuallybesttoplacethesefiguresandtablesat
Disadvantages of this approachare that you don't thetoporbottom,ratherthaninthemiddle,ofa
havetotalflexibilityinplacingfigures,andthatthe page.
figureswillmoveastextisinsertedordeletedin
anypartofthedocumentbeforethefigure.Ifyou V.CitingPreviousWork
electtousethisapproach,itisrecommendedthat
younearlycompletetheeditingofyourtextbefore Whenreferencingajournalarticle,aconference
insertinganyfigures.Remembertoallowroomfor proceedings article or a book uses APA manual
them,however.Thenbegininsertingfiguresstarting style. The references are listedinthe order cited.
fromthebeginningofyourdocument. Use 9point Times Roman. The paragraph
description is set for a line spacing of exactly
10pointswith0pointspacingbeforeandafter.A References
0.63cmhangingindentionshouldbespecified.
References should present in a format according to
the APA Manual of Style:
VI.CONCLUSION http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
Although reading these instructions may have
beenanunpleasantexperience,followingthemwill Huang Y.U and , Liu L. (2008). A hybrid perturbation and
improvethequalityoftheESMEJournal.TableI Morris Approach. Environmenatl Information , 12 (2),
summarizesmuchofthedetailprovidedaboveand 150-159
illustratesoneoftherareinstanceswherethedouble
columnformatisviolated.

TABLE I
SUMMARY OF TYPOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS

Font Specifics Paragraph Description


Section (Times Roman unless specified) spacings (in points) alignment indent
style size special line before after (in cm)
Title plain 18 none single 6 6 centered none
Author List plain 12 none single 6 6 centered none
Affiliations plain 10 none single 6 6 centered none
Abstract bold 11 none exactly 10 0 0 justified 0.33 1st line
Headings plain 11 small caps exactly 12 18 6 centered none
Subheadings italic 11 none exactly 12 6 6 left none
Body plain 11 none exactly 12 0 0 justified 0.33 1st line
Paragraphs
Equations Symbol font for special characters single 6 6 centered none
Figures 6 to 9 point sans serif (Helvetica) single 0 0 centered none
Figure Captions plain 10 none 10 0 0 justified none, tab at 1.27
References plain 10 none 10 0 0 justified 0.63 hanging

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