Graphics – 3:

Tolerances

Engineering Sciences 51
Fall 2005

Copyright © 2005 Robert Howe. All rights reserved

 Tolerances
• All parts have errors = deviation
from desired dimensions
• Tolerance control needed for :
– Correct part function
– Correct assembly
– Part interchangeability
• Drawings as a high-tech solution!
Mating Parts
Tolerance Specification on Drawings

Common Notations:
1) 1.003 ± 0.003

+.006 .006
2) 1.000 -.000 or 1.000 .000

3) 1.000
1.006

4) 1.000 h7
 Adding
Errors

Chains vs. Datum

(reference line)
Geometric Tolerancing - Symbols
Straightness
Flatness
Parallelism

Box + leader =
Reference edge B
Parallelism
Perpendicularity
Perpendicularity
Geometric Tolerancing –
Modifying Symbols
Maximum Material Condition - External