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Datums
L earning Objectives
Explain the purpose of datums.
Define common terms related to datum
features.
Interpret information provided by datum feature
symbols.
Describe methods for representing datum
surfaces on drawings.
Explain how to establish datum reference
frames.
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L earning Objectives
Identify the degrees of freedom of a part.
Explain how to establish datum targets.
Identify datum target points, areas, and lines.
Describe methods for representing datum axes
on drawings.
Describe methods for representing datum
center planes on drawings.
Datums
Represent true geometric counterpart of a
datum feature
Reference features of an object
Establish location and size dimensions
Datum Feature Simulator

Opposite shape of datum feature
Two types:
Theoretical datum feature simulator
Physical datum feature simulator
Manufacturing examples:
Machine tables
Surface plates
Gauge surfaces
Surface tables
Specially designed rotation devices
Datum Feature Symbol

Do not apply to centerlines, center planes,
or axes
Draw using thin lines
Use any letter to identify a datum feature
except I, O, or Q
Use double letters when number of datums
exceeds number of letters in alphabet
Datum Feature
Datum plane
Part
Datum feature
Simulated datum plane
Physical datum
feature simulator
Surface of manufacturing
or verification equipment
Datum Feature Terms

Actual mating envelope
Simulated datum
Tangent plane

Placement for Surfaces
Datum Surface
Can be controlled by geometric tolerance
Datum plane measurements do not take
variations in datum surface from datum
plane into account
Geometric Control of Datum Surface
Datum Reference Frame (DRF) Concept

Select three perpendicular datum features
based on their importance to part design
Assign precedence and datum reference
order
Primary datum
Secondary datum
Tertiary datum
Datum Reference Frame Concept
Datum Reference Frame Concept:

Inspecting the Part
All parts have six degrees of freedom
Three degrees of translation
Three degrees of rotation
Movement is either translational or rotational
Degrees of Freedom
Establishing Multiple
Datum Reference Frames
Datums X, Y, and
Z establish one
datum reference
frame
Datums L and M
establish second
datum reference
frame
Datum Features
Specified Individually
Place a note next to datum feature symbols
indicating how many datum features to
consider separately
Place the note 2X INDIVIDUALLY next to
datum feature symbols of two separate
datum features identified by same letter
Datum Target Symbols

Identify datum targets
Useful on parts with surface or contour
irregularities
Connect to datum target point, line, or area
with a leader
Datum Target Points

Establish primary datum plane by locating at
least three points on primary datum surface
Establish secondary datum plane by
locating at least two points on related
secondary datum surface
Establish tertiary datum plane by locating at
least one point on related tertiary datum
surface
Dimension using baseline or chain
dimensioning
Location dimensions originate from datums
Datum Target Points
Datum Target Points

Datum plane established by locating pins at
datum target points
Datum Target Areas

Used to establish datums using areas of
contact
Locating pins are flat end tooling pins with
pin diameter equal to specified size of target
area
Top half of the datum target symbol
identifies size of target area
Use datum target point at center location
when area is too small to accurately or
clearly display on drawing
Datum Target Areas
Datum Target Lines

Indicated by a target point on edge view of
surface and a phantom line on surface view
Locating pins are cylindrical or knife-edged
with datum target line along tangency where
pins meet the part
Surface is often placed 90 to the pin to
create datum reference frame
Datum Target Lines
Partial Datum Surface
Coplanar Surface Datums

Used to establish coplanar surfaces as one
datum plane
Specify number of surfaces with a note such
as: "2 SURFACES" below related feature
control frame
Coplanar Surface Datums
Datum Axis
Represents two theoretical planes
intersecting at 90
Represented in drawings with centerlines
Pitch cylinder for screw threads establishes
datum axis unless otherwise specified
When not using pitch cylinder for screw threads,
place note such as "MAJOR DIA" or "MINOR
DIA" next to datum feature symbol
Simulated datum axis established by

inspection equipment
Datum Axis

Placement for a Datum Axis
Coaxial Datum Features

Separate datum reference letters by a dash in
one compartment of the feature control frame
Datum Axis Established with

Primary datum axis established by two sets
of three equally spaced targets
Identify datum target points in correlation to
adjacent cylindrical datum feature when two
cylindrical features of different diameters
establish a datum axis
Datum Axis Established with

Cylindrical datum target areas and circular
datum target lines can be used to establish
datum axis
Target area represented by two phantom lines
with section lines between
Datum target line represented by phantom line
all around part
Establish secondary datum axis by placing

three equally spaced targets on cylindrical
surface
Movable Datum Target Symbols and

Datum Target Points
When datum targets establish a center point,
axis, or center plane on a RMB basis, datum
feature simulator movement is normal to true
profile
Movable Datum Target Symbols

and Datum Target Spheres
Circular phantom line represents spherical
datum feature simulator to establish datum axis
Datum Center Plane

Axis and center plane datum feature symbols
align with/replace dimension line arrowhead or
appear on feature, leader shoulder, dimension
line, or feature control frame
Datum Center Plane
Translation Modifier
Added to feature control frame following datum
feature reference and any other applicable
modifiers
Specifies that basic location of datum feature
simulator is unlocked and free to translate within
specified geometric tolerance
Translation Modifier
Using Contoured Surface

as Datum Feature
3D mathematical coordinate system defines
compound surface feature on a part
Datum simulator results from mathematical data
Common when design copies contour of an
actual object that has few or no flat surfaces to
use as datums
R eview
Identify the datum feature, part, simulated datum
plane, physical datum feature simulator, and
datum plane.
A. Datum feature
B. Datum plane
C. Part
D. Simulated datum plane
E. Physical datum feature simulator
R eview
Identify Parts A and B.
A. Datum feature symbol
B. Feature control frame
R eview
Identify parts A and D and provide dimensions for
B, C, and D.
A. Datum plane A
B. 12.2 minimum
C. 12.8 minimum
D. 0.1 geometric tolerance
R eview
Identify items AG.
A. Basic dimension
B. Datum feature symbol
C. Target point
D. Datum target symbol
E. Datum reference
F. Target number
G. Datum target line
R eview
Identify items AC.
A. Datum target area
B. Datum target symbol
C. Target area size
R eview
Identify whether the datum reference symbol
represents a datum surface, datum axis, or datum
center plane in items AC.
A. Datum surface
B. Datum center plane
C. Datum axis

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Datum Feature Simulator

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Datum Feature Symbol

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Simulated datum plane

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Datum Feature Terms

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Datum Feature Symbol

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Geometric Control of Datum Surface

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Datum Reference Frame (DRF) Concept

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Datum Reference Frame Concept

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Datum Reference Frame Concept:

Movement is either translational or rotational

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