GD&T Seminar Agenda

Training for engineers, quality and manufacturing personnel who must understand and apply GD&T in order to manufacture or inspect a part.
(2.4 ceu)

Seminar Agenda

Introduction

• Seminar Goals
• Engineering Drawings
• Introduction to Coordinate Tolerancing
• Introduction to Geometric Tolerancing
• Advantages of Geometric Tolerancing
• ASME Y14.5M-1994 Dimensioning Standard

Terms and Concepts

• Fundamental Dimensioning Rules
• Feature
• Feature of Size
• Actual Local Size
• Actual Mating Envelope
• Actual Mating Size
• Modifiers and Symbols
• Feature Control Frame
• Rule #1
• Rule #2 and Rule #2A
• Bonus Tolerance
• Virtual Condition
• Inner/Outer Boundary

Form Controls

• Definitions
• Flatness
• Straightness
• Circularity
• Cylindricity
• When and How to Apply
• Surface, Axis, and Centerplane Applications
• Gaging Principals

Datum System

• Datum System Description
• Datum System Technology
• Datum Terminology
• Datum Feature Identification Symbol
• Specifying Planar Datums
• Inclined Datum Features
• Coplanar Datum Features

Session # 2 Topics

Datum System

• Specifying Axis Centerplane Datums
• Datum Specifications (MMC)
• Virtual Condition Datums
• Datum Shift

Orientation Controls

• Perpendicularity, Parallelism, Angularity
• When and How to Apply
• Use of Modifiers
• Tangent Plane Application
• Surface, Axis, and Centerplane Applications
• Gaging Principles Tolerance of Position

Tolerance Position

• Implied Basic Relationships
• Common Uses
• Use of LMC, MMC, RFS
• Advantages
• Boundary Theory
• Axis Theory
• RFS Applications
• MMC Applications
• LMC Applications
• Coaxial Diameter Applications

Session # 3 Topics

Tolerance of Position

• Special Applications
• Use of Projected Tolerance Zone
• Functional Gaging
• Calculating Part Distances
• Fixed and Floating Fastener Formulas

Concentricity and Symmetry Controls

• Concentricity, Symmetry
• Definitions
• Tolerance Zones
• Comparisons
• Gaging Principles

Runout Controls

• Circular Runout, Total Runout
• Definitions
• Datum Axis for Runout
• Comparison to Position and Concentricity
• Calculating Part Distance
• Gaging Principles

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