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Mathematical Definition of Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles

This document provides standards for engineering drawings and related documentation practices regarding dimensioning and tolerancing principles. It contains definitions of key mathematical and geometric tolerancing terms and establishes conventions for dimensioning, datum referencing, and specifying tolerances for location, form, profile, orientation, and runout of features. The document aims to promote standardization and clarity in technical documentation.

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Mathematical Definition of Dimensioning and Tolerancing Principles

This document provides standards for engineering drawings and related documentation practices regarding dimensioning and tolerancing principles. It contains definitions of key mathematical and geometric tolerancing terms and establishes conventions for dimensioning, datum referencing, and specifying tolerances for location, form, profile, orientation, and runout of features. The document aims to promote standardization and clarity in technical documentation.

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AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD

ENGINEERING DRAWINGAND RELATED DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES

Mathematical Definition
of Dimensioning and
Tolerancing Principles

ASME Y14.5.1M-1994

The American Society of


Mechanical Engineers

345 East 47th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017 -


CONTENTS

Foreword .................................................................... iii


Standards Committee Roster .................................................. V

1 ScopeandDefinitions .................................................. 1
1.1 General ........................................................... 1
1.2 References......................................................... 1
1.3 Mathematical Notation ............................................. 1
1.4 Definitions ........................................................ 2
1.5 Summary ofConventionalDesignations ............................. 5
1.6 Format ............................................................ 5
2 GeneralTolerancingandRelatedPrinciples ........................... 7
2.1 Feature Boundary .................................................. 7
2.2 DimensionOrigin .................................................. 7
2.3 Limits of Size ..................................................... 7
3 Symbology ............................................................. 11
4 DatumReferencing ..................................................... 13
4.1 General ........................................................... 13
4.2 Concepts .......................................................... 13
4.3 Establishing Datums ............................................... 13
4.4 Establishing Datum ReferenceFrames ............................... 16
4.5 Datum Reference Frames for Composite Tolerances .................. 17
4.6 Multiple Patterns of Features ....................................... 17
4.7 Tabulation ofDatum Systems....................................... 18
5 TolerancesofLocation .................................................. 21
5.1 General ........................................................... 21
5.2 Positional Tolerancing.............................................. 22
5.3 Projected Tolerance Zone ........................................... 24
5.4 Conical Tolerance Zone ............................................ 25
5.5 Bidirectional Positional Tolerancing ................................. 27
5.6 Position Tolerancing atMMC for Boundaries of Elongated Holes ..... 32
5.7 Concentricity andSymmetry ........................................ 32
6 Tolerances of Form, Profile, Orientation, and Runout ................. 35
6.1 General ........................................................... 35
6.2 Formand Orientation Control....................................... 35
6.3 Specifying Formand Orientation Tolerances ......................... 35
6.4 Form Tolerances ................................................... 35
6.5 Profile Control..................................................... 39
6.6 Orientation Tolerances ............................................. 40
6.7 Runout Tolerance .................................................. 45
6.8 Free State Variation ................................................ 48
vii
Appendix
AConsolidation of Parallelism.Perpendicularity.andAngularity ....... 49
A1 General ........................................................... 49
A2 Planar Orientation.................................................. 49
A3 Cylindrical Orientation ............................................. 57
A4 Linear Orientation.................................................. 66

Index ....................................................................... 79

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