Every feature on products or parts has a size and a geometrical shape. To ensure that the size and geometry of all features are made as required, we should carefully take care of the tolerancing on the drawing. Nothing shall be implied or left to interpretation in the workshop or inspection department. General tolerances for size and geometry make it easier to ensure that the size and geometry of all features can be done as requested.
ISO 2768-mK means the dimension information for which the tolerances are not specified will be followed according to the m and K class. m class is specified in ISO 2768-1, and the K class is specified in ISO 2768-2, which includes H, K, and L tolerance levels.
ISO 2768-1 stands for the general tolerances for linear and angular dimensions without individual tolerance indications, ISO 2768-1 indicates the linear dimensions and angular dimensions such as external sizes, internal sizes, step sizes, diameters, radii, distances, external radii, and chamfer heights for broken edges. This standard covers general tolerances in three 4 classes of tolerance:
This general tolerance allows the manufacturer to choose the appropriate tolerance level that suits their needs best. For example, if the part is expected to be used in a project with high-level tolerance requirements, it would be wise to choose a small tolerance range. On the contrary, a larger tolerance range would be more cost-effective if the part is produced in high volumes for lower-level tolerance applications.
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This range of tolerances are sufficient for most of my part, but for some bore diameters, locating features, and their relative position I require a tighter tolerance, which I should specify in a drawing (wherever those requirements are tighter than ISO 2768-m).
However, I really struggle to understand how to interpret the general tolerances (e.g., from ISO 2768). I attached a sketch of a simplified geometry I want to tolerance properly. On the left there is the ideal CAD model (no tolerances) and on the right is how I understand that ISO-2768-m general tolerances would apply to my part, i.e., whenever the produced parts is within the boundary on the right side, the manufactured part would be considered okay. I assume I might be very wrong about this interpretation and would highly appreciate if somebody could help to clarify if/where I am wrong. Thanks a lot!
For example, you have a tolerance on the left hole diameter of +/- 0.1mm. However, there is also a +/- 0.2mm tolerance on the location of the hole (distance from the center of the part to the center of the hole).These tolerance can stack, therefore the location of the edge of the hole can vary with +/- 0.3mm horizontally and only +/-0.1 mm vertically. Moreover, there are also tolerance that can indicate how round your hole should be such that is not an oval, i.e. one side that is -0.1mm while the other is +0.1mm.
So again, the basic idea is good, but you should be careful with how tolerance can stack and how it can affect relative positions.For example the left hole can be placed with a tolerance of +/-0.2mm from the center line and the right hole with +/- 0.1mm. Hence, the distance between the two holes can vary with +/- 0.3mm. If you choose to define the distance between the two holes, the tolerance on this dimension is only +/- 0.2mm.
Just a question which ist IronCAD specific. Ive been learned that trailing zeros doest add any value. In math it does but not in mechanical drawing/design. When I want to describe the degree of deviation from a value I use tolerances. Sometimes it is a +- value. General dimension values refeer to a standard like ISO 2768.
Do you have different ways to define a tolerance value in US? For me the precision option in Drawing is strange and out of use. We have general tolerances like ISO 2768 for mechanical design and ISO 13920 that handles welded constructions. For me 32 and 32,00 is the same value and if the drawing refeers to ISO 2768-m both has a tolerated deviation +-0,2.
The precision option sets the drawings general rules, and with us at least, no drawings are produced without the precision option, any drawings without are not valid and only regarded as rough sketches.
There is a long tradition (pre-dating ISO and BS standards) of using the number of decimal places on a dimension to indicate precision. The rules of how it is interpreted are company specific and when used are indicated in the title block.
This tradition has fallen out of use in some sectors (automotive, for example) but remains the de-facto standard in others (industrial machinery). My experience is in the USA, but I have examples in drawings worldwide.
Interesting. That explains why it is there. In Sweden we in general use ISO 2768. Some companies has their own standards and I even know that some depends on the trailing zeros. When you use trailing zeros ist it many values that needs to be tinkered with? When using ISO 2768 the tolerance depends on the lenght. In my example with a 32mm value it gives the precision of 32+/-0,2 with 2768-m. If it is a part that need higher tolerances in general I can apply 2768-f which gives 32+-0,15. If the length is 315-1000mm then the deviation is +/-0,8 resp +/-0,3.
Is it the same with holes and shafts? For a 10mm hole I would say 10H7 to dimension a hole with a tolerance for a guide pin. It gives me a hole with the limits 10,000 and 10,015. Do you put trailing zeros there as well?
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