LOCATION TOLERANCE

Mohammed Alaa Mohannad

Agenda
Positional Tolerance at MMC Introduction to Virtual Condition Positional Tolerance Based on the Surface of a Hole Zero Positional Tolerancing at MMC Positional Tolerance at RFS

Positional Tolerance at LMC

Locating Multiple Features

Locating a Single Composite Pattern Locating Features in Patterns with Separate Requirements

Positional Tolerance at MMC

A positional tolerance at MMC means that the specified positional

tolerance applies when the feature is manufactured at MMC.

When MMC is applied to a positional tolerance, the following

formulas are used to calculate the positional tolerance at any produced size.

 Internal Feature:

Actual Size MMC + Specified Positional Tolerance = Applied Positional Tolerance External Feature: MMC - Actual Size + Specified Positional Tolerance = Applied Positional Tolerance

Introduction to Virtual Condition

Virtual condition is a boundary that takes into consideration the

combined effect of feature size at MMC and geometric tolerance.

When calculating the virtual condition of an internal feature:

MMC OF FEATURE - RELATED GEOMETRIC TOLERANCE VIRTUAL CONDITION

When calculating the virtual condition of an external feature:

MMC OF FEATURE + RELATED GEOMETRIC TOLERANCE VIRTUAL CONDITION

Positional Tolerance Based on the Surface of a Hole

Positional tolerance applied at MMC can also be explained in regard

to the surface of the hole rather than the hole axis.

MMC Hole - Positional Tolerance = Theoretical Boundary

Zero Positional Tolerancing at MMC

Zero positional tolerance can be specified when it is important to be

certain that the tolerance is totally dependent on the actual size of the feature. When zero positional tolerance at MMC is specified, the engineer normally applies the MMC of the hole at the absolute minimum required for insertion of a fastener when located at true position.

Positional Tolerance at RFS

Regardless of feature size (RFS) is assumed when no material

condition symbol is placed after the positional tolerance in the feature control frame. RFS can be applied to the positional tolerance when it is desirable to maintain the given positional tolerance at any produced size.

Positional Tolerance at LMC

Positional tolerance at least

material condition (LMC) is used to control the relationship of the feature surface and the true position of the largest hole size. When using the LMC control, perfect form is required at the LMC produced size. LMC specifications are limited to positional tolerances where the use of MMC does not give the desired control and RFS is too restrictive.

 When LMC is applied to a positional tolerance, the following formulas

are used to calculate the positional tolerance at any produced size:

Internal Feature:

LMC - Actual Size + Specified Positional Tolerance = Applied Positional Tolerance

External Feature:

Actual Size - LMC + Specified Positional Tolerance = Applied Positional Tolerance

Locating Multiple Features

Multiple features of an object can be dimensioned using positional

tolerancing. When this is done, the location of the features must be dimensioned from datums and between features using baseline or chain dimensioning related to rectangular or polar coordinates. Rectangular coordinate dimensioning is where linear dimensions are used to locate features from planes, centerlines, or center planes.

 Polar coordinate dimensioning is where angular dimensions are

combined with other dimensions to locate features from planes, cent erlines, or center planes.
When multiple features are located, the following guidelines apply. The pattern of features is located collectively in relation to datum

features that are not subject to size changes. The actual centers of all features in the pattern must lie on, or be within, the specified positional tolerance zone when measured from the given datums.
Multiple patterns of features are considered a single composite

pattern if the related feature control frames have the same datums, in the same order of precedence, with the same material condition symbols.

Locating a Single Composite Pattern

A group of features is referred to as a single composite pattern when

they are located relative to common datum features not subject to size tolerance, or to common datum features of size specified on an RFS basis.

Locating Features in Patterns with Separate Requirements

A pattern of features is located as a single composite pattern, as

previously discussed, when there is no note given below the feature control frame that specifies otherwise. When multiple patterns of features exist, and it is desired to treat the patterns separately with regard to the datum references, the note "SEP REQT" (separate requirement) is placed below each feature control frame. This allows the patterns to be treated as separate patterns and to have their own datum reference frame. This can be done when features in one pattern are different in size or have different location requirements than the features in other patterns.

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