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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Fundamentals

Cost: $795* per person and includes course materials, continental breakfast, hot lunches, breaks, a pocket guide and a 15 day web access to our new self paced training software, The GD&T Hierarchy Coach.

Upcoming Dates
Rochester, New York February 16 & 17, 2012 - confirmed
Colorado Springs, Colorado February 23 & 24, 2012
Livonia, Michigan March 29 & 30, 2012
Portland, Maine May 3 & 4, 2012
Webinar with Don Day March 13, 15, 20, 22

Course Description: You'll discover the major pitfalls of traditional coordinate tolerancing - and how Geometric Tolerancing overcomes them. Then, starting with your basic blueprint knowledge, you'll learn the symbols, terminology and rules of Geometric Tolerancing as prescribed in the current standard (ASME Y14.5-2009).

Course Outline:

  • Introduction
  • Why GD&T?
  • What is a quality drawing?
  • Tolerance modifiers
  • Primary rules
  • Form Controls
  • Rule #1
  • Flatness
  • Straightness
  • Circularity
  • Cylindricity
  • Datums
  • Implied Datums
  • Purpose of Datums
  • Types of Datums
  • Datum targets
  • Orientation Controls
  • Implied Controls
  • Perpendicularity
  • Parallelism
  • Angularity
  • Location Controls
  • Position control
  • Benefits of position
  • Bonus Tolerances
  • Concentricity control
  • Runout Controls
  • Datum Axis
  • Composite Tolerance
  • Circular Runout
  • Total Runout
  • Profile Controls
  • Advantages of profile
  • Profile of a line
  • Profile of a surface