Maximum Material

Condition (MMC)
Symbol:
Category: Feature of Size
Definition:
Maximum Material Condition or for short, MMC, is a feature of size symbol that
describes the condition of a feature or part where the maximum amount of material
(volume/size) exists within its dimensional tolerance. The callout also removes GD&T
Rule#2 which states that all geometry tolerances are controlled independently of the
feature size.

When you have a feature that GD&T is called on:

If it is a hole or internal feature: MMC = smallest hole size

If it is a pin or external feature: MMC = largest size of the pin

In each of these cases, the part will have the maximum amount of material that would
be allowed within the part tolerances.

Max Material Condition is one of the dimensional limits on a part. The other side of the
tolerance range would be the Least Material Condition.

The only GD&T Symbols where Max Material Condition can be applied are:

 Straightness (axis)
 Parallelism
 Perpendicularity
 Angularity
 True Position – very common