Justin Zweig

Dr. Raman
ISE 3304
112979659
Assignment # 8
1. List the questions to which a checker will seek answers when he reviews a set of
drawings.
A checker can ask questions about the shapes, sizes, form, orientation, and
location of a drawing.
2. The following table lists the geometric terms used in the geometric tolerancing
and dimensioning system. Insert the exact symbol to the right of each term.
Term

Symbol

Diameter
Regardless of feature size
Datum feature symbol
Least material condition
Datum target symbol
Maximum material condition
Straightness
Cylindricity
Perpendicularity
Concentricity
Flatness
Angularity
Circularity
Parallelism
3. In your own words, explain the characteristic terms of the last 8 rows in Problem
2.
Straightness: an element of a surface or an axis is a straight line. A straightness tolerance
specifies a tolerance zone within which the considered element must lie.
Cylindricity: a surface of revolution in which all points of the surface are equidistant
from a common axis. A cylindricity tolerance specifies a tolerance zone bounded by two
concentric cylinders within which the surface must lie.
Perpendicularity: a surface, center plane, or axis at a right angle to a datum plane or axis.
Concentricity: the variation of two cylinders from a common, or datum, axis.
Flatness: a surface having all elements in one plane. A flatness tolerance specifies a
tolerance zone defined by two parallel planes within which the surface must lie.
Angularity: a surface or center plane or axis at a specified angle (other than 90 degree)
from a datum plane or axis.

Circularity: a surface of revolution where all points at the surface intersected by any
plane perpendicular to an axis are equidistant from that axis. In the case of a sphere all
points at the surface intersected by any plane passing through a common center are
equidistant from that center.
Parallelism: a surface or center plane, equidistant at all points from a datum plane or an
axis, equidistant along its length from one or more datum planes or a datum axis.
4. How does cylindricity differ from circularity? Give examples.
Circularity is a special case of cylindricity. Circularity refers to measurements
taken in one place. Cylindricity applies to circularity over the entire surface.For
example, the circularity can describe a circular end of a can and the cylindricity
can describe the entire body of the can.
5. State the difference between straightness and flatness. Give examples.
Straightness is a special case of flatness. Straightness applies to only one element.
Flatness applies to the entire surface. For example, a side view of a corner edge of a table
could be described in terms of straightness and this tables top could be described in
terms of flatness.
6. Explain each of the symbols and the overall meaning of the Feature Control
Frame.

.005

.005

The top control frame: diameter, regardless of feature size, is parallel to datum A to
within 0.005.
The second control frame: diameter at its MMC is perpendicular to datum A to within
0.005.
7. Define the term datum.
Datum is a theoretically exact entity such as point, line, plane, or axis of a
configuration. It is used as a reference for other features of a part or assembly.
8. What is a datum feature?
Datum feature is the actual configuration of the surface of the part
9. Using the following figure, develop a table of feature sizes and zone tolerances.
Explain the chart in terms of straightness of a mating part.

At MMC the diameter is straight to within 0.003. The feature size at MMC =
1.625+0.004 = 1.629 and at LMC = 1.625-0.004 = 1.621.
At MMC 1.629, some deviation can be 0.003. Hence, the permissible gauge size is 1.629
+ 0.003 = 1.632.
At a size of 1.628, the straightness deviation can be 1.632-1.628 = 0.004.
The similar calculation can be obtained up to feature size of 1.621 with straightness
deviation = 1.632-1.621 = 0.011.