ALLYOUR

QUESTI
ONS
ABOUTGD&TTRAI
NING

ANSWERED

Ha
veques onsaboutGD&Tt
rai
ning?We’vegotal
ltheanswersint
hisgui
detohel
pyou
choosethebes
tGD&Tt r
aini
ngop onsforyourengi
neer
ingteam.
OVERVI
EW
Clearc ommunica on can mak
ethedifferencebet ween perfectpart
sa nd
expensivescr
ap.Geomet ri
cDimensi
oningandT oleranci
ng( GD&T)offersa
standardi
zed s
ystem forc ommuni
ca ng engineeri
ng s peci
fica ons more
precis
ely—makingitea
sierf
oryout
odesign,manufact
ur e,
a ndi
nspectpar
tsto
spec.

Theonlythingwor s
ethanignori
ngGD&Ta ltogetherisusingitthewr ongwa y,
whichc a
nover compli
cat
eyourma nufact
uringpr ocessinsteadofsimpl i
fyi
ng
i
t.That’
swhy ,i
fyou’r
econsider
ingGD&Tt r
ainingforyourc ompa ny
,it’
sc r
ic al
thatyougot hroughtheproperduedili
gencet ogett rainedrightinsteadof
rushi
ngthrought heproc
essa ndfal
l
ingvicm t ot hesec ostl
yGD&Tt r
aini
ng
mistak
es:

Thinkingtha tGD&Ti sjustac omplica

teds ystem ofa ddi
ngc onfusing
symbol stoapr int,andi t
’snotwor thge ngt raineda tal
l.
Borings t
udent swi thdulltrai
ningprogramsdev elopedbyGD&T
“evangeli
sts”tha treci
tea ndpr omotetheen r eASMEs tanda rdinsteadof
helpingthem under st
andhowt oeffec velya pplyGD&Ta ty ourcompa ny
.
Assumi ngtha tallGD&Tt rai
ningisthesame, a slonga si
tc ov erstheASME
sta
nda rd.
Notdedi ca ngt hepr operbudget , me, orfoc ust oequipy ourempl oyees
withpr acc alGD&Tt r
aining.
Relyingonc ompa niesthata r
en’tqual
ifiedt otea chGD&T, insteadof
tur
ni ngtoCerfiedGD&TPr ofessi
onals
.
Fai
lingtot r
aint her i
ghtpeopl ewhowor kwi t
hengi neer
ingdr a
wingsona
dail
yba si
s.

Thegoa loft hi
sguideistohel pyouna viga
tea ndcomparea l
ltheGD&T
tr
aining op ons(whil
ea voidi
ng thosec ost
ly mis
tak
esa bove)
—ulma t
ely
equippi
ngyout ochoosethebestGD&Tt raini
ngmethodforyourteam,
based
onyouruniqueopera onsa ndobjec ves
.

2
I
nthi
sgui
de,
we’
l
lcover
:
pg.
4 Shoul
dyougetGD&Tt
rai
ning?
pg.
4 Wheni
sthebes
t met
ogetGD&Tt
rai
ning?
pg.
5 Wha
tar
ethes
ignst
hatac
ompa
nyneedsGD&Tt
rai
ning?
pg.
6 Wha
tar
ethebenefit
sofGD&Tt
rai
ning?
pg.
7 Wha
tshoul
dIc
ons
iderbef
orebuyi
ngGD&Tt
rai
ning?
pg.
8 Whos
houl
dgetGD&Tt
rai
ning?
10 Ho
pg. wt
ochoos
ethebes
tGD&Tt
rai
ningf
oryourt
eam?
10 Ho
pg. wdoesGD&Tt
rai
ningwor
k?
12 Ho
pg. wmuc
hdoesGD&Tt
rai
ningc
ost
?
12 Ho
pg. wl
ongdoesGD&Tt
rai
ningt
ake
?
12 Ho
pg. wt
ocompa
reGD&Tt
rai
ningop ons
?
19 Ho
pg. wt
ogets
tar
tedwi
thGD&Tt
rai
ning?

Thi
sguidewil
lansweral
lyourques onsa
boutGD&Ttr
aini
ngsoyoucanma kei
nfor
med
dec
isi
onstoadvanceyourtea
m’sGD&Tknowledgea
ndenha nc
eyourover
all
manufact
uri
ngproces
s.
AtGD&TBa s
ics
,we’vespentyearsteachi
ngteamshowt ocommuni cat
ec learl
yby
appl
yingGD&Tt otheirengi
neeringpri
nts.
Pull
ingfr
om decadesofexperienceworkingin
thefieldasengi
neers,
wedes ignedourGD&Tt raini
ngcour
sestosha r
ebes tpracc esand
real
-worl
dappli
ca onsthatcans tr
eamli
neproduc on.
We’ r
eheret oguidey outhr
ough
yourop onsbya ns
wer i
ngthemos tcommonques onsa boutGD&Tt r
aining.

3
Shoul
dWeGetGD&TT
rai
ning?
SomeGD&T a dvocat
eswoul darguetha
ta nyonewhowor kswi t
h engineeri
ng
drawingsshoul
dbeaGD&Tex pert
.A eral
l
,GD&Ti sanindustr
ystandardthatcan
i
mpr ove any opera on by cl
earl
ycommunica ng the dimensi
onsr equir
ed to
producefunc ona lpar
ts.Yourcompanywouldmos tli
kelybenefitfrom learni
ng
howt ospeakGD&Tfluent ly
.

Doesyourc
ompanyneedGD&TTr
aini
ngr
ightnow?
Thatdependsonyouroper a on:thepa r
tsyouma ke,
howyouma kethem,whoyou
ma k
et hem f
or,andt hechall
engesyouenc ounteral
ongtheway.Whi l
eeveryone
who ha ndl
es engineer
ing drawings may benefitfrom lea
rni
ng GD&T,c ertai
n
si
tua onsunderscoretheneed.
Ingener
al,t
her
ea r
efourma i
nreas
onsthatt
ypic
all
ypr
omptcompani
est
oexplor
e
GD&Tt r
aini
ng.Youmightbeherebec
auseofanyoneoft
hes
e,oracombi
na on
ofthem:

Onboardi
ngnewhi r
esoryoungteam memberswhoaren’
tfamil
iarwi
th
01
GD&Tbes tpra
cc esatyourcompa ny
.Peopl
egoyear
swithout
unders
tandi
ngthebasi
csofengineeri
ngdrawi
ngsors
eeki
ngf or
ma l
tr
aini
ng.
I
mpr
ovi
ngopera onswi
thaproacv eapproa
chtoenha
ncingqua
li
ty
02
a
ndmaximi
zi
ngeffic i
ency
.Thi
sincl
udescost-
downinia v
esorquali
ty
c
ont
rol
stocat
chprobl
emsbef
oretheyoc c
ur.
Reac ngtoproblemsandargumentsc
aus
edbytradional
c oor
dinat
e
03
di
mens i
oni
ng,ba dpr
acc es,mis
communi
ca on,
orpooroveral
ldra
wings
(
whichwe’ll
discussmorebelow).

04 Requi
redt
oadoptGD&Tbyac
ust
omer
,vendor
,orpa
rentc
ompa
nyt
hat
rel
i
esonit
.

Differentsi
tua onsmi ghtpoi ntt
owarddiffer
enttr
ainings
olu onstoaddres
syour
compa ny’
sspecificr eason foradop ngGD&T.I n gener
al,i
t’
sa l
waysbe ert o
pursueGD&Tt ra i
ningpr oac vel
y,bef
oreyou’r
eforcedtoreacttopr
oblemsthat
GD&Tc oul
dhavepr event ed.

4
3Si
gnsT
hatYouNeedGD&TT
rai
ning
Whil
es omeofthesi
tua onsabovea
r emoreurgentt
hanother
s,t
herea
r eafew
t
ell
tal
es i
gnstha
tpoi
nttoa ni
mmediateneedforGD&Ti nyourcompany.Your
c
ompa nyneedsGD&Ttra
iningNOW ifyou’
res
eeingalotof
:

Devia ons
/ Manuf
actur
ingerror
s, I
nter
nalargument
sand
nonconfor
mance ass
emblyiss
ues,and exter
naldi
sput
es
repor
ts s
crappart
s

Forex ampl e,ima ginet hatyourqua l

itydepart
menti nspectsaba t
chofpa rtsand
finds t hata c ertain dimens i
on is outoft oleranc e.You’d probabl
ys ubmita
nonc onforma ncer epor t( NCR)ordevi a on,requiringt hedes i
gndepa rt
mentt o
evaluatet heer rora nddet erminehow itimpac tsthepa rt
’susabil
it
y.Perhapsthe
partc a
nber ewor ked,ori tmi ghthavetobec ompl etelyscrapped—buteitherway,i
t
couldta kedes i
gns evera lda ystoconductaddiona l
t es ngt odeter
minehowt hese
devia onsmi ghta ffectt hepa r
t’
sfunc on.

Evenifdesi
gnulma tel
ya c
ceptsapa r
tthatdevi
a tesfr
om theor
igi
nalpri
nt,thi
s
revea
lsagapingpr
oblem inyourproc es
s.Ifadevi
a oni sdeemedacc
eptabl
e,then
thedimensi
onsonyourdr awinga r
e ght erthantheyreal
lyneedt
obe,whichc an
addunnecessar
yma nufact
uringcostsandobs t
acl
es.

Pl
us,by l ea vi
ng your pr i
nts open to mulpl ei nt
erpreta ons,you c r
eate
opportuniesf ormi s
communi c
a onbet weendepartments.Desi
gnmi ghtenvi
sion
onethingwhent heyc r
eatethedrawing,butama c
hinis
tmi ghti
nterprett
hepr i
nt
di
fferently
,a ndthent hequali
tyinspec onteam mi
ghta cc
eptapa r
tthatdevi
ates
fr
om theprintbec ausethey’
renotsurehowt omeasureit
.

5
A ershu ngdownt heproduc onlinetogot hrought hismount ainofNCR/devia on
paperwor
kwhi l
emedia ngargument sbet weendepa rtments,thinkhow muchea s
ier
yourli
fec
ouldhavebeenwithGD&Tt ra
ining. I
ma gineifyourtea m knewhowt oa pply
GD&T t os peci
fycricaldi mensions a nd pr event over-toleranci
ng by c l
ear l
y
communica ngthepreci
serequir
ement sforea chpa rt
.Wi thGD&T,yourc ompa ny
couldbecommunica ngsmoothl
ya ndc ons i
stentl
ypr oducingqua li
typart
s,i
nsteadof
str
essi
ngoverdevi
a onsanddifferentopi nions.

Benef
it
sofGD&TT
rai
ning
Ifyou al
ready have a per
fec
tpr ocessforproduci
ng par
tstos pec
,have gr
eat
communica on between yourinternaldepa
rtments,and al
lyoursuppli
ersand
cust
omersa rege nggoodpa rtsevery me,thenwhyfixwha ti
sn’
tbrok
en?Butif
you’
renotthereyet,
thenGD&Tt raini
ngcanhelpyou:

El
i
minatedevi
a ons,NCRs,a
nds
cra
ppa
rtsbydefini
ngdi
mens
ionspr
eci
sel
y
wi
thoutover
-tol
era
ncing.

I
ncreasepr
oductqua
li
tybybr
ingi
ngdes
ign,ma
nuf
act
uri
ng,a
ndi
nspec on
pr
oc es
sesi
ntoa
li
gnment.

Reduc
e produc on c
os t
sbyensur
ing t
hatpa
rtsa
rea
ccur
atel
ydes
igned,
manufac
tured,
andinspected.

I
mprove communi
ca on and el
i
mina
tea rgument
sbetween depa
rtment
s,
s
uppli
ers
,andcust
omersbyge ngeveryoneonthesa
mepa ge.

I
fyou’r
ereadyt orea
lizethesebenefitsinyouror gani
za on,whetheryou’refixi
ng
s
pecificpr
oblemsortryingt
opreventthem f
rom happening,
thenGD&Tt rai
ningist
he
k
ey.Thesooneryoubringyourtea
m uptospeedwi ththeuniver
sal
langua
geofGD&T,
t
hemor e me,money, andheadachesyoucansave.

6
Bef
oreSt
art
ingGD&TT
rai
ning
J
umpi
ngblindl
yinto GD&T tr
aini
ngwi t
houtapl a
ncan beahugewas
teofyour
c
ompany’
s mea ndresour
ces
.Beforeyouinves
tinGD&Ttra
ini
ng,
mak
esureyou:

THI
NKABOUTTHEBI
GPI
CTURE.
Cons i
derhowy ourengi neeringdrawingsimpa ct(orimpede )
communi ca ona teverys tageofproduc on, anda ddr esshow
standardizi
ngy ourpr intswi l
laffectyourdes i
gners,ma c hi
nis
ts,
i
ns pect
or s,suppliers
, andc ustomers.Onc eyouc anpi npointthe
problemsy ouhopet os ol
v ewithGD&T, youcandes i
gna
tr
a i
ningpl antha tmeet sy ouroveral
l companygoa l
s.A era ll
,
i
t’snott hetrainingy oua repur c
hasing—it’
sther esult
sf rom t
he
tr
a i
ningt hatyouneed.

BUI
LDBUYI
N.
GD&Ti snotas i
lverbull
ettha twi l
lsuddenlyma keyourpr i
ntsand
pa r
tsbe erifoneper sons tartsusingit.I
t’
sawa yof
communi ca ngt hatrequir
esc ommi tmentfrom everyonei nvol
ved
i
nt hepa r
t’
sl i
fecycl
e—includingdes ign,ma nufact
uri
ng, and
qua l
it
y.PursuingGD&Tt rai
ningi sas tr
ategicinia vet ha t
requir
esfullsupportfrom topma nagement ,down, t
oens urethat
clearcommuni ca onper meat esever ydepa r
tment.

OPENUPTO CHANGE.
Toembr acethepoten alofGD&T, yourcompanymustbewi ll
i
ng
tochange,adapt,andevolve—oratleas
tconsi
deri
ndustrybest
pracc es.I
fyou’rest
uckiny ourol
dwa ys,
thenGD&Tt rai
ning
probablywon’ts ck.Butifyouunderst
andtheval
ueofa dvanci
ng
youremployees ’
knowledgea ndski
ll
s,t
henGD&Tt rai
ningcan
enhanceyourt eam’
sengineeringt
oolki
ttoimpr
oveyour
opera ons.

COMMI
TTO I
T.
Ifyoudon’tthinkyouha vethebudgett oinvestinprofes
sional
GD&Tt rai
ning,orc an’tdedicatethe meora ccommoda onst o
equipyourempl oyeeswi thusefulGD&Tknowl edge,thent hi
nk
agai
n.Therea r
et ra
iningop onsa vai
labl
etofitmos tanybudget
ands c
hedule,soba lancingyourt rai
ningobjec vesagai
nstyour
budgetisc ricalto gett he mos toutofyourGD&T t r
aini
ng
i
nvestment.

7
Withs evera
ldi ffer
entop onsa va i
labl
e,GD&T t r
a i
ning i
snota one- siz
e-fits -
all
sol
u onf orever ymanufact
uri
ngoper a on.Onc eyoudec idetha tyou’r
er eadyt o
pursueGD&Tt raini
ng,i
t’
scricaltodes i
gnac us
tomizedt r
aini
ngpla nthataddresses
yourteam’suniqueproduc onwor kflows ,yourcompa ny’
sbudget ,andyourdes i
red
outcomes.Wi t
hyea rsofexperi
encehel pingengineeringcompa niesba l
ancet hese
fac
tors,we’
reheretoguideyouthr
ought heop ons .Ifyougetstucka tanypointalong
yourGD&Tt rai
ningjour
ney,jus
tgiveusac al
l.

WhoShoul
dGetGD&TT
rai
ning?
Oneofthebiggestmist
akescompani
esma kewithGD&Tt r
ainingistrai
ningthewr ong
peopl
e,ornott rai
ningthepeoplewho need itmos t.A compa nymi ghts end 20
engi
neeri
ngdesignerstogetGD&Ttrai
ning,whil
eoverl
ookingma chinis
tsa ndqua l
it
y
i
nspect
ors.Nowt heyhave20desi
gnerswhoc anapplyGD&Tt odr awings,butnoone
el
seknowshowt oreadthepri
ntt
oa c
tuall
yma nufa
ctur
eori nspectthepa rt
.
Totapint
otheful
lpoten alofGD&T,i
t’
sbestt
ospreadtr
aini
ngthr
oughoutsever
al
depart
mentsi
fpossi
ble.I
deall
y,t
rytoi
ncludet
hes
er ol
esinyourcompany’
sGD&T
tr
aini
ng:

De
signEngi
nee
rs Ma
chi
ni
st
s/
Progr
amme
rs Qua
li
tyI
nspe
ctor
s
whoc r
eatet
he whoreadpr
int
sto whoi
nspectpa
rtsaga
inst
engi
neer
ingpr
int
s. produc
epart
s. t
hespecsonthepri
nt.

Tool
i
ng/
GageEngi
nee
rs Pr
oduc
ti
onFl
oorAs
soc
iat
es Sal
esandPu rc
hasi
ng
Ex ec
utiv
es
whodesi
gnequipment whoworkwit
h whoma kema nagement
andgages
. pri
ntsev
eryday
. deci
sions.

Ulmatel
y,t
hepeopl
ewhobenefitmostfrom GD&Tt r
aini
ngar
ethepeopl
ewhoar
e
maki
ngbi
gdeci
si
onsbas
edonengineer
ingdrawings
.

8
Reali
sc a
lly,it
’snotal
wayspossi
bletotrainever
yonea tonc
e,soyoumi ghtconsi
der
sendi
ngs eniormembersofea c
hdepa rt
mentt ospreadGD&Tex pos
ur eacrosseach
func onalarea.Thebo om l
ineisthatGD&Ti sac ommunica ontool,soma kesure
you’r
enotis ol
a ngGD&Tt r
aini
ngknowl edgeinanysingl
edepart
ment.

Ofc our
se,ma nufacturi
ng rol
es and res
ponsi
bil
ies differwi del
y dependi
ng on
companys i
ze,str
ucture,andoutsourc
edopera ons,sodecidingwhoneedsGD&T
t
raini
ngisn’
ta l
waysac l
ear-
cutanswer.We’vehelpedcompa niesofalls
hapesand
si
zesfindGD&Tt r
aini
ngs ol
u onst ofitthei
rteam,soc ont
ac tusifyouneedhelp
i
den fyi
ngt hebestcandidat
esatyourcompanyforGD&Tt ra
ining.

www.
gdandt
bas
ics
.com
1-
800-
495-
0991

9
How DoesGD&TT
rai
ningWor
k?
Thereares
everal
methodsofGD&Ttra
ini
ngtha
tint
roduc
eyourt
eamtot
hec
onc
ept
s,
rul
es,a
nds ymbol
sus
edi nGD&T.Themostc
ommonop onsincl
ude:

On-Si
te Vir
tual Onli
ne
Tr
aini
ng T
rai
ning Cour
ses

Publ
i
cSemi
nar
s Cons
ulng

Whi l
etheseshar
et hes amegoa lofteachingyouhow t ous eGD&T,ea cht r
aini
ng
op ongoesa boutitdifferentl
y.Woul dyour at
hers endyourt eam off toapubl i
c
tr
aini
ngseminarwit
hot herengineer
s,haveat r
ainercomes tr
aighttoyou,ordoitall
onli
neinst
ead?We’l
l ex
plaintheprosandc onsofeachtrai
ningmet hodmorebelow.

How t
oChoos
etheBes
tGD&TT
rai
ning?
Choosi
ngthebestGD&Tt r
aini
ngforyourteamreall
ydependsonyourt eamandyour
pri
oriesfortra
ining them.Thatma ysound lik
e ava gue answer
,butdi fferent
compani
esusedifferentdecidi
ngfact
orsthatdeterminethei
rGD&Tt rai
ningj
ourney,
soyouhavetoassessyourcorpor
atepri
oriestofindt hebestfit.

10
I
fyourbudgetisalimingf ac
tor,fori
nstance,
youmi ghtbel
ooki
ngforthecheapest
t
rai
ningop onwi t
ht hebiggestbangforyourbuck.I
fyou’
reona ght meli
netolear
n
GD&Tbef or
eyours uppl
iersendst henextpart
,thenyouneedtofindthefast
estway
t
otrainyourtea
m.

I
t’simpossi
bletoa nswerwhichGD&Ttrai
ningop onisbestwi
thoutconsi
deri
ngthe
uniquefa
ctorsthatdriveyourc
ompany’
sdecis
ion-maki
ng.
Herearethebi
ggestf
act
ors
thatcanpointyout owardtheri
ghtGD&Ttrai
ning:

Who’
sbei
ngt
rai
ned?
Howl
ongdoesGD&Tt
rai
ningt
ake?
Howmuc
hdoesGD&Tt
rai
ningc
ost
?
Whatar
et he“
truec
ost
s”beyondt
het r
aini
ngf
ees
,suc
ha st
ravel
expensesa
ndt
he
pr
oduc ondown meoftaki
ngemployeesofft
heshopfloorfort
rai
ning?
Ca
nGD&Tt
rai
ningbec
ust
omi
zedt
omyc
ompa
ny’
sspec
ificneeds
?
Howflex
ibl
eist
rai
ninga
roundmyempl
oyees
’sc
hedul
es?
How ca
nIbesur
etha
tmyempl
oyeesa
repa
rci
pa ngi
nthet
rai
ninga
nda
ctua
ll
y
l
ear
ninghowt
ouseGD&T?

Usethechar
tbelowtocompa
rehowea
c hGD&Ttr
aini
ngmethodaddres
seseac
hone
ofthes
eques ons.Thi
scanhel
pyouchoos
ethetrai
ningop ontha
tma tc
hesyour
company’
spri
ories.

11
 Compar
ingGD&TT
rai
ningOpt
ions

On-Si
te Vir
tual Onli
ne Publi
c
Cons
ulng
Tr
aini
ng T
rai
ning Cour
ses Seminar
s

Whoi
t’
sfor Largegroups Largegroups Smalland Sma llgr
oups I
ndi
vidual
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