GD&T Symbols and Guidelines Cheat Sheet

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All drawings made in

first angle projection

SYMBOL NAME ON DRAWING TOLERANCE ZONE GAUGING

Two parallel lines
0.03 apart
0.03
Straightness
(Surface)

10±0.050 Cylindrical Tolerance Zone

0.03 when Part ∅ = 10.05 Cylinder Gauge ID = M +
0.03 M

M Straightness 0.13 when Part ∅ = 9.95

Gauge ID =
(Derived Median Line w/ M ) 10.08

Two parallel planes

0.030 apart
Flatness
0.03

(Surface)
FORM

Planar Tolerance Zone Gauge spacing

Flatness
10±0.05 at Virtual Condition
0.03 M M + = 10.08
M (Derived Median
Plane w/ M )

Two concentric circles

0.03 0.03 apart

Circularity

Two concentric cylinders

0.03 0.03 apart

Cylindricity

Two parallel planes

0.03 apart
0.03 A

Parallelism
ORIENTATION

Flat datum block

A (Datum A)
Datum A

0.03 A
Perpendicularity
Two parallel planes
0.03 apart Flat datum block
(Datum A)
A
(Feature) 90°
Datum A

Gauge pin Pin Gauge OD = M −

10±0.05 inserted
0.03 M A Axis perpendicular Pin Gauge ∅ = 9.92

M
Perpendicularity Bonus tolerance Tolerance Zone
at M
to datum
90°
(9.95 - 0.03)

(Feature of Size w/ M )

A Datum A

Two parallel planes

0.03 apart
0.03 A
Angularity 60° A Gauge
Block
60 60°
60°
Datum A °

Uniform Linear Boundary About True Profile Datum B

0.03 A B
Profile B A
0.03 apart
Gauge must
follow true profile.
of a line Basic dimensions
Profile is usually
measured with a CMM.
PROFILE

(not shown) must be used Datum A

to define the True Profile

0.03 A B Uniform Surface Boundary About True Profile Datum B

Profile B A
0.03 apart Gauge must
follow true profile.

of a surface Profile is usually

measured with a CMM.
Basic dimensions
(not shown) must be used Datum A
to define the True Profile

10±0.05 Measure X and Y location and compare to the true position.

Part (actual) position
0.03 A B C
2X √ (Actual X - True X)2 + (Actual Y - True Y)2
B Y
This formula must be less than
True Position 20.0 True
Actual
Actual Y
the ∅ True Position tolerance

0.03 True Y
30.0
True
center
C A X
True X Actual X

FUNCTIONAL
Actual GAUGING
Pin Position Part Part Tolerance Zone
10±0.05
of Pin Gauge
0.03 M A B C

True Position
True
position For an For an True
B position
External Internal
M (Maximum Material 25.0 Tolerance Zone Feature Feature
Actual
Condition) of Hole Gauge
Hole Position
LOCATION

25.0 C A Gauge Gauge

0.03 A The following is usually

Measured axis Datum axis done with a CMM:
1. Determine
Concentricity Datum axis
2. Measure referenced
surface
A

Datum A
3. Determine if central
Tolerance Zone axis falls in TZ
A

A A
0.03 A
A The following is
Datum A usually done
Plane with a CMM:
Symmetry 1
1. Determine
Datum plane
2. Measure both
surfaces of features
3. Determine if
Two parallel planes midpoints fall in TZ
0.03 apart

0.03 A
Datum A
Datum A Fixed + Rotated
A
A

Fixed axially
Runout + Rotated

A
RUNOUT

0.03 A Datum A
Datum A Fixed + Rotated
A

A Fixed axially

Total Runout A
+ Rotated

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