‘AN ASME NATIONAL STANDARD ENGINEERING DRAWING AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES Dimensioning and Tolerancing ASME Y14.5M-1994 [REVISION OF ANSI Y14.5M-1982 (R1988)] The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East 47 th Street, New York, N.Y.Date of ssuance: January 23, 1996 This Standard will be revised when the Society approves the issuance of a new edition. There will be no addenda or written interpretations of the require- ments of this Standard issued to this edition, ASME is the registered trademark of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ‘This code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as meeting the criteria for ‘American National Standards. The Consensus Committee that approved the code or standard was balanced to assure that individuals from competent and concorned interests have had an opportu- rity to Paricipste. The proposed code or standard was made available for public roviow and Comment which provides an opportunity for adaltionsl public input from industry, scademia, regulatory agencies, andthe publc-atarge. "ASME does not "epprove,” “ate,” of "ender activity. "ASME doos not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with eny items mentioned inthis document, and dogs not undertake to insure anyone Ltlzing a standard against lability for infringement of any applicable Letters Patent, nor assume any such lability. Users of a code or standard are expressly advised that determination of the valdty of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such rights, is entirely their own responsiblity. Participation by federal agency representativels) or personis) affliated with industry is otto be interpreted as government or industry endorsement ofthis code or standard, 'ASME accepts responsibilty for only those interpretations issued in accordance with governing ‘ASME procedures and policies which preclude the issuance of interpretations by individual volunteers ‘any item, construction, propritary device, or No part of this document may be reproduced in any form, ian electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishes Copyright © 1995 by THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ‘All Rights Reserved Printed in the USA.FOREWORD (This Foreword is nota part of ASME V14.5M-1094) Additions, modifications, and clarification contained in this revision of ANSI Y14.5M- 1982 are intended to improve national and international standardization and to harmonize the United States practices and methodology with the universal standards trend toward ‘more efficient worldwide technical communication. Coordinating and integrating these techniques into and via computer graphics and other electronic data systems for design, ‘manufacture, Verification, and similar processes is also a prime objective. Incorporating this Standard as a vehicle to assist the United States’ active participation ‘and competitiveness in the world marketplace is a major goal. The emergence of priorities on total quality management, world-class engineering, and emphasis on compatibility with the Intemational Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 series of quality standards has had a significant influence in the work of the Y14.5 Subcommittee. This revision was initiated immediately after the official release of ANSI Y14.5M- 1982 in December 1982 in response to deferred comments from that revision, new conceptual developments, new symbology, and international standards expansion. ‘Twenty-three Subcommittee meetings and numerous working group meetings of the ‘ASME Y 14.5 Subcommittee were convened during the developmental period. The meet- ings were held in various cities around the United States. The Subcommittee’s work was coordinated as much as possible with other related ASME committees and other standard developing bodies that share a common purpose on dimensioning and tolerancing or related standards, Particularly close alliance and liaison were sought with the ASME B89 Committee on “Dimensional Metrology,” and new committees ASME Y14.5.1 on “Mathematical Definition of Y14.5,” and ASME Y14.5.2 on “Certification of GD&T Professionals.” Of high priority was the continuing United States participation in the development of ISO standards through its U.S. member body, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI. Some members of the Y14.5 Subcommittee have attended and participated in ‘numerous international meetings and activities during and since the last revision of this Standard. Meetings were attended in Paris, France (1981), West Berlin, Germany (1982), New York City, New York (1984), West Berlin, Germany (1987), Zurich, Switzerland (1989), Orlando, Florida (1991), and Carmel, California (1992). United States delegates hhave served as members and conveners of Working Groups, chaired some TC1O/SC5