significant figures
significant figures
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Should you apply the law of significant figures to GD&T?
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RE: significant figures
ASME Y14.5M-1994 (assuming that's the standard you work to) talks about leading & trailing 0s in section 2.3. It differs for metric and inch systems.
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RE: significant figures
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RE: significant figures
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RE: significant figures
i.e. 2.0 - 1.500001 = 0.499999
Also, there is no "influence" of sig figs on GD&T tolerance. GD&T callouts are explicit.