GD&T drawings and their interpretations

A series of GD&T drawings with the interpretations of each feature control frame in words

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 Straightness of the axis of the pin should lie within a
cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.5 mm at the MMC (maximum
material condition) of the pin i.e. at 50.5 mm .
If the size of the pin manufactured away from MMC then
bonus tolerance applies.
• Virtual condition of the pin is 49.5-0.5 = 49 mm
• Rule #1 is being overridden

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 The outside diameter of the bush with nominal of 60 diameter and size tolerance of +/- 0.2 should be
controlled with respect to its position (concentricity) with respect to the Datum feature of size A (the hole)
at its Least material condition ( 59.8) within a tolerance zone of 0.5
If the size of manufactured bush outside diameter is away from LMC then there will be bonus tolerance

The hole with nominal size of 45 diameter and size tolerance of +/-
0.25 is primary datum feature A

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 Position of the hole of nominal size 25 with size tolerance of +/- 0.15
should be within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.5 mm diameter with
Position of the hole of nominal size 10 with a size tolerance respect to Datum A and Datum B located from datum B with a basic
of +/- 0.1 should be within a cylindrical tolerance of 1 mm dimension of 21 and perpendicular to datum A
diameter with respect to datum A, B and C .perpendicular to The position control is regardless of feature size
Datum A, Located from Datum B with basic dimension of The feature of size with nominal 25 and size tolerance of +/- 0.15 is
48 and from datum C with basic dimension of 48-21 = 27 also datum feature C
mm
The position control is regardless of feature size

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 Position of the tab width feature of size with nominal size
20 and size tolerance of +/- 0.5 should be controlled
within a rectangular tolerance zone of width 0.5 equally
spaced with respect to center plane of width at MMC
with respect to datum A and datum B
Width is perpendicular to datum A
And spaced at basic dimension of 30 from datum B

The face should be controlled with respect to its

perpendicularity with reference to datum A within a
rectangular tolerance zone of 0.1
30 The face is also datum feature B

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 True position of the hole which is having nomnal size of 16.1 and a size
The step of the shaft with nominal size of Ø28.6 and size tolerance of
tolerance of +/- 0.1 should lie within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.1
+/- 0.2 mm should be controlled with respect to its perpendicularity
mm dia which is located with respect to Datum B and Datum C with
within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.05 with respect to datum A
basic dimensions 20,20 .
which is the shoulder face
Positional tolerance of 0.1 applies at MMC (maximum material
condition only i.e when the shaft is manufactured at 16.2 mm

The end face of smaller step of the shaft should be controlled with
respect to its parallelism within a tolerance zone of 0.1 with respect to
datum A which is the shoulder face

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 The position of the center hole with nominal size 27.1 and size tolerance +/- 0.2 should be
controlled within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.2 diameter at its MMC with respect to
datum A and Datum B
Axis of hole is parallel to datum A
Axis of hole is perpendicular to datum B axis
The position of the feature of Datum B hole axis and the datum C hole are in same plane, plane which is perpendicular to
size width with nominal size 45 datum A
and size tolerance of +/- 0.2
should be controlled within a C
rectangular tolerance zone of
0.2 at its MMC condition with
respect to datum A, B and C
The width is parallel to datum A
located at 16 basic dimension
from A
Perpendicular to Datum B
Located at 20 basic dimension
from Datum C (36-16)

The bottom surface should be controlled with respect to its flatness form within a
tolerance zone of width 0.05
The surface is also Datum feature A

The perpendicularity of the hole with nominal size of 10 and size

tolerance of +/-0.1 should be controlled within a cylindrical tolerance
zone of 0.1 at MMC with respect to datum A

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 2 outer surfaces on either side of the sheet metal part must be
controlled with respect to their angularity with basic dimension
of 120 degrees with respect to the datum feature a which is the
resting surface

The surface should be controlled in its form – flatness within a tolerance zone of
0.05
The surface is datum feature A

4 holes in a pattern with individual nominal size of 6 diameter

and size tolerance of +/- 0.1 should be controlled with respect to
their perpendicularity within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.1
diameter with respect to datum A which is resting surface

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 The feature of size shaft with nominal size of 40 and size
tolerance of +/- 0.25 is datum feature A The end face and curved surface of the part is to be controlled
with respect to its circular runout when the part is rotated about
the datum feature A shaft
End face within a tolerance zone of 0.1 width
Curved face within a tolerance zone of 0.2

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 The profile of the surface targeted should be
controlled within a tolerance zone of offsetted profiles
1 mm apart which are equally spaced with respect to
the nominal profile .
The hole with nominal size of 12 diameter and size The profile of the surface should be controlled with
tolerance of +/- 0.1 should be controlled with respect respect to the datum reference frame formed by
to its perpendicularity within a cylindrical tolerance Datum A,B and C
zone of 0.2 mm diameter at its Maximum material The profile limits are from point A to point B as shown
condition with respect to datum A
The hole is also datum feature B

The position of the hole with nominal size 15 diameter

and size tolerance of +/- 0.25 should be controlled
within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.5mm diameter
at MMC with respect to datum A and Datum B
Basic dimension from datum B is 98 mm The bottom surface is the primary datum feature A
This is datum feature C
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 Profile of the peripheral surface of the part should be controlled
within a profile tolerance of 0.5 from limit P to Q . The profile
tolerance zone is formed by two offset surfaces , one inward ,
another outward equally from the nominal surface and width of
tolerance zone is 0.5 with respect to datum A , Datum feature of
size B at its MMC and datum feature of size C at its MMC
When Datum FOS b and Datum FOS C are away from MMC size
then there will be datum shift

Primary datum feature is this large surface

Perpendicularity of the feature of size width with nominal size

14 and size tolerance +/- 0.2 should be within a rectangular Position of the hole Feature of size with nominal size 18 diameter and size tolerance of +/- 0.2 should be
tolerance zone of 0.5 at MMC with respect to datum A within a cylindrical tolerance zone of 0.3 diameter at MMC with respect to datum A and Datum feature
The width FOS is also datum feature B B which is FOS at MMC condition (datum feature modifier)
If datum feature B is not manufactured at MMC then there will be datum shift.
This is datum feature of size - C
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