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Category: GD&T & Print Reading Basics

Articles related to reading engineering drawings and interpreting GD&T on the prints

Advantages of GD&T vs. Coordinate Tolerancing

by Crystal Bemis on November 6, 2020.

Everyone understands the simple plus or minus tolerances of coordinate dimensioning. So why use GD&T instead? Here are four reasons that GD&T has an advantage over coordinate tolerancing…   What are the advantages of GD&T...

How GD&T Datums Control Degrees of Freedom

by Tom Geiss on May 19, 2020.

In this video, Tom explains how datums work, together with a datum reference frame, to allow you to inspect an imperfect part. Datum Fundamentals   A manufactured part will never be perfect. When inspecting a manufactured...

GD&T Fundamentals Course Syllabus

by GD&T Basics on December 14, 2015.

Take a look below for a complete list of what we cover in our GD&T Fundamentals Course. We are confident this will be the best GD&T course you will find anywhere!