As someone who wrote manuals for a living, I can say they usually provide complete disassembly/reassembly procedures. A good manual goes one step at a time: do step 1, go to step 2, etc. We were told to write at a level that could be understood by those less educated.
This was many years ago. I fear the criteria for "less educated" has now fallen through the floor into the basement.
As someone who wrote manuals for a living, I can say they usually provide complete disassembly/reassembly procedures. A good manual goes one step at a time: do step 1, go to step 2, etc. We were told to write at a level that could be understood by those less educated.
This was many years ago. I fear the criteria for "less educated" has now fallen through the floor into the basement.
Can confirm, this is aircraft manuals too. The first half of the section is "remove this bolt, slide this panel, unscrew that thing, open it up" then the second half is "put the thing back on, screw it up, slide the panel closed, refit bolt". And tells you what spec of bolts to use and how much torque on the screwdriver.
As someone who wrote manuals for a living, I can say they usually provide complete disassembly/reassembly procedures. A good manual goes one step at a time: do step 1, go to step 2, etc. We were told to write at a level that could be understood by those less educated.
This was many years ago. I fear the criteria for "less educated" has now fallen through the floor into the basement.
Can confirm, this is aircraft manuals too. The first half of the section is "remove this bolt, slide this panel, unscrew that thing, open it up" then the second half is "put the thing back on, screw it up, slide the panel closed, refit bolt". And tells you what spec of bolts to use and how much torque on the screwdriver.