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Category: Location

True Position – Position Tolerance

by GD&T Basics on December 22, 2014.

Position is one of the most useful and most complex of all the symbols in GD&T. The two methods of using Position discussed on this page will be RFS or Regardless of Feature Size and under a material condition (Maximum Material Condition or Least Material Condition). Position is always used with a feature of size.

Concentricity

by GD&T Basics on December 15, 2014.

Concentricity, is a tolerance that controls the central derived median points of the referenced feature, to a datum axis. Concentricity is a very complex feature because it relies on measurements from derived median points as opposed to a surface or feature’s axis.

Symmetry

by Tom Geiss on November 4, 2014.

GD&T Symmetry is a 3-Dimensional tolerance that is used to ensure that two features on a part are uniform across a datum plane...