I've rarely seen movable datum targets in my work, so this might be just an academic question. Here is an example from a well-known GD&T textbook (Krulikowski) that shows a pair of movable targets hyphenated with the diagonal B1-B2 datum targets. On the other hand, the Y14.5 standard shows a...
In Fig. 11-29, I'm fine with the idea of profile and position combined. My only question is why they refer to paragraph 7.17?
For each figure in Y14.5, they provide one or more paragraph numbers (in the lower corner of the graphic) that link to the idea being depicted. I'm wondering if this one...
I "grew up" in the ASME tolerancing world, but my current work is heavily ISO-based. Does the composite profile idea from ASME have the same meaning in ISO?
I've heard that ISO doesn't have composite position (they treat it as two single segments, even if there's only one position symbol...
Hello all,
I am pretty familiar with GD&T in the ASME system. But our company is trying to get our foot in the door with a Japanese manufacturer. I've been told that they use GD&T in their designs, but that "the tolerances are based on JIS." (We haven't yet seen any drawings, so that's the only...
