GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING & TOLERANCING

ORIENTATION TOLERANCES RUNOUT LOCATION TOLERANCES

.002 S M N .266 F
.750 .005 A
1.500 .005 V .005 V .003 M N .008 M A B C
K .003 K-L .005 M F M
L
S

FOR COAXIAL FEATURES ON PARTS THAT DO

PERPENDICULARITY OF ONE SURFACE TO
ANOTHER, USE ONLY WHEN THE IMPLIED 90˚
ANGLE RULE (THE TOLERANCE OF AN
UNDIMENSIONED 90˚ ANGLE IS CONTROLLED BY
THE TITLE BLOCK TOLERANCE) WILL NOT PROVIDE
THE REQUIRED CONTROL.
.005 T
T RUNOUT IS A COMPOSITE TOLERANCE AND, DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS USED, CAN CONTROL FLATNESS,
1.000 .005
PARALLELISM OF ONE SURFACE TO ANOTHER.
USE WHEN RULE 1 WILL NOT PROVIDE THE
DESIRED CONTROL.
PERPENDICULARITY OF A FEATURE OF SIZE TO A
PLANE SURFACE. THIS IS USUALLY USED AS A
REFINEMENT OF A POSITIONAL TOLERANCE.
W .500 .005
.005 W
PARALLELISM OF A HOLE TO A PLANE SURFACE.
CONSIDER USING A SECONDARY DATUM. THIS IS
USUALLY USED AS A REFINEMENT OF A
POSITIONAL TOLERANCE.
NOT ROTATE, USE POSITION. USE MAXIMUM
.003 K-L CLEARANCE HOLES: USE POSITION AT MAXIMUM
.002 M N MATERIAL CONDITION IF THE PART FITS WITH
MATERIAL CONDITION.
CLEARANCE. USE REGARDLESS OF FEATURE
TWO SURFACES USED T0 ESTABLISH A SIZE IF THE PART FITS LINE TO LINE OR WITH
A FACE AND AN AXIS USED TO ESTABLISHED
SINGLE DATUM AXIS. INTERFERENCE.
A DATUM AXIS.
.500 – 13UNC – 2B
B
USE RUNOUT ON ALL ROTATING PARTS EXCEPT WHERE CONCENTRICITY IS APPROPRIATE. USE .008 P .250 B C D
RUNOUT ON SHAFTS THAT ROTATE SLOWLY (BELOW THE FIRST CRITICAL SPEED) AND ON SHAFTS THAT
ARE INHERENTLY OUT OF BALANCE (THOSE WITH FLATS OR KEY WAYS OR WHICH HAVE PULLEYS, GEARS
G
OR OTHER SIMILAR PARTS FASTENED TO THEM WITH SET SCREWS). USE CIRCULAR RUNOUT TO CONTROL
INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF FEATURES AND TOTAL RUNOUT TO CONTROL COMPLETE SURFACES. .005 M G M
STRAIGHTNESS, ROUNDNESS, CYLINDRICITY AND POSITION. THREADED HOLES: USE POSITION REGARDLESS
OF FEATURE SIZE WITH A PROJECTED TOLERANCE
ZONE. SLOTS, TABS, KEY WAYS AND SIMILAR
RULE ONE FEATURES: USE POSITION. USE MAXIMUM
MATERIAL CONDITION IF THE PART FITS WITH
CLEARANCE. USE REGARDLESS OF FEATURE SIZE
.4998 IF THE PART FITS LINE TO LINE OR WITH
1.000 .005 .4990
C INTERFERENCE.
.500 .005 .008 P .250 C D E

FORM TOLERANCES: USE FORM TOLERANCES WHEN "RULE 1" (THE LIMITS OF SIZE OF A FEATURE
.003 U .375 CONTROLS VARIATIONS IN GEOMETRIC FORM AS WELL AS VARIATIONS IN SIZE) WILL NOT PROVIDE THE
.005 X REQUIRED CONTROL.
U
H
X 60˚ THE DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES SHOWN HERE CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE PARTS AND, WITHIN HOLES FOR A PRESS FIT: USE POSITION
THESE LIMITS, THEIR GEOMETRY. THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF THE BLOCK MUST BE FLAT AND REGARDLESS OF FEATURE SIZE WITH A .001 H
30˚ PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SIZE. THE ROD MUST BE STRAIGHT AND CYLINDRICAL PROJECTED TOLERANCE ZONE.
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SIZE. FORM TOLERANCES, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE USED TO TIGHTEN THE
ANGULARITY OF ONE SURFACE TO ANOTHER. ANGULARITY OF OF A HOLE TO A PLANE CONTROL PROVIDED BY RULE 1.
USE FOR ALL ANGULAR SURFACES WHERE A SURFACE. CONSIDER USING A SECONDARY COAXIAL FEATURES ON ROTATING PARTS: USE
WEDGE SHAPED TOLERANCE ZONE IS NOT DATUM. THIS IS USUALLY USED AS A REFINEMENT .006 CONCENTRICITY ON PARTS THAT ROTATE AT HIGH
.266 .000
APPROPRIATE. OF POSITION. D SPEED AND WHERE VIBRATION MAY BE A
PROFILE TOLERANCES .001 L P 1.000 D E F PROBLEM. (NOTE: CONCENTRICITY IS AN AXIS TO
AXIS RELATIONSHIP AND IS DIFFICULT AND
THEREFORE EXPENSIVE TO INSPECT. CONSIDER
FORM TOLERANCES .002
USING RUNOUT.)

.002 .002 .004 P HOLES FOR SPRING PINS: USE POSITION

AT LEAST MATERIAL CONDITION WITH A
PROFILE OF A CONE. IN THIS EXAMPLE THE PROJECTED TOLERANCE ZONE.
.500 .005 .500 .005 CONTOL IS SIMILAR TO CYLINDRICITY OF A J
CYLINDER. THE TOLERANCE ZONE IS INSIDE THE
ROUNDNESS (CIRCULARITY) OF A SURFACE. CYLINDRICITY OF A SURFACE. BASIC PROFILE. .001 J
.006
.266 .000
P
.005 E .001 L E L
A A B SYMMETRICAL FEATURES: USE SYMMETRY FOR
B NON COAXIAL PARTS WHERE BALANCE IS
PROFILE APPLIED TO A CAM. THE TOLERANCE
.002 IMPORTANT. (NOTE: EXCEPT FOR THE SHAPE OF
APPLIES ALL AROUND.
.500 .005 THE PART SYMMETRY AND CONCENTRICITY ARE
IDENTICAL, AND THE CAUTION EXPRESSED FOR
.500 .005 .002 M
PROFILE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. WHERE WALL THICKNESS IS CRITICAL USE CONCENTRICITY APPLIES HERE AS WELL.
POSITION AT LEAST MATERIAL CONDITION. CONSIDER USING POSITION.)
STRAIGHTNESS OF A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE. STRAIGHTNESS OF AN AXIS AT MAXIMUM
MATERIAL CONDITION. THIS PART MAY GO .002 R .003
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY DEFINED BY RULE 1. .005
2 SURFACES R
2 SURFACES CHOOSE DATUMS BASED ON THE FUNCTION OF THE PART. THE DATUMS SHOWN HERE ARE
SUGGESTIONS ONLY. USE MAXIMUM MATERIAL CONDITION FOR ALL DATUM FEATURES OF SIZE THAT
HAVE CLEARANCE IN THE COMPLETED ASSEMBLY.

PROFILE USED TO CONTROL COPLANARITY. PROFILE OF A LINE.

.002 .002 THIS CHART IS PROVIDED FOR
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. © 1997 GENIUM PUBLISHING
PROFILE TOLERANCES: THE TOLERANCE ZONE IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BASIC THE INFORMATION IS BASED UPON CORPORATION
1.000 .005 1.000 .005 ONE GENIUM PLAZA
PROFILE UNLESS ITS LOCATION IS SHOWN BY A PHANTOM LINE ON THE DRAWING. PROFILE, WHEN USED ASME Y14.5M - 1994.
WITH A DATUM, ACTS AS AN ORIENATION TOLERANCE. WHEN USED WITHOUT A DATUM IT ACTS AS A CHART DESIGN BY PROF. WALTER A. RYAN, SCHENECTADY, NY 12304
FLATNESS OF A SURFACE. STRAIGHTNESS OF A FLAT SURFACE. FORM TOLERANCE. FEATURES DEFINED BY PROFILE ARE DEFINED BY BASIC DEMENSIONS. NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (518) 377-8854