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Calculating whether or not a hole is in spec with bonus tolerance

A hole has a size tolerance and a location tolerance.  The actual size and location are measured.  The question is
whether or not the hole is in spec based on the measurements that were taken.
Below is the part with the hole, the specifications, and the actual size and locations as measured.

The location tolerance of 0.010 applies at the MMC hole size of 0.290

The actual size of the hole is 0.297, so there is a bonus tolerance of 0.007

The size of the tolerance zone for this hole is the original 0.010 plus the bonus tolerance of 0.007 for a total
location tolerance zone of 0.017.

We also see that the actual location of the hole is off from its true position by 0.003 horizontally and 0.002
vertically.
To calculate whether or not the hole meets the spec, we will look at the actual position of the hole relative to
the true position of the hole.   We see that they are offset by 0.003 horizontally and 0.002 vertically.   We use
the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the radial distance of 0.0036.

Now we recall that our location tolerance zone has a diameter of 0.017.
This means that in any radial direction, our actual hole can be as much as .0085 away from its true position and
still be in spec.   Since our hole is only 0.0036 away from its true position and .0036 is less than .0085, we can
conclude that the hole is within spec.

 MMC : Largest pin diameter, Smallest hole size


 LMC : Smallest pin diameter, Largest hole size
 Bonus Tolerance = Difference between MMC & Actual condition

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