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New Design Review Tip - Includes nine important items to be considered and checked during the design review process.
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Independence Symbol - The Independence Symbol (capital I within a circle) is a new symbol introduced in the 2009 GD&T Standard.
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Understanding Third Angle Projection
Third Angle Projection is used in drawings for most United States standards. This tip explains Third Angle Projection and along with the First Angle Projection tip published earlier helps you to understand a major difference between ISO drawings and US drawings.
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Drafting Manual Update Preview
Section 6 (GD&T) of the Genium Drafting Manual is being revised to reflect the changes in the recently released 2009 version of ASME Y14.5. This new tip on verifying form tolerances is from this update.
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Understanding First Angle Projection
First Angle Projection is used for most ISO standards while Third Angle Projection is used for US standards. This tip explains First Angle Projection thus helping people to better understand the drawings in ISO standards.
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General Dimensioning #5
This latest dimensioning tip focuses on specifying counterbore and counterdrill holes along with spotface, depth of holes, and thru holes.
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General Dimensioning #4
Consult this latest DZ tip to learn about a critical radius, a non-critical radius, and other important aspects for dimensioning a radius.
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