Holes on Angled Surfaces
Holes on Angled Surfaces
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Guys,
I'm trying to think of the best way to dimension from holes which sit on an angled surface to my A|B|C datums. I've attached my first shot, which I think is correct up to the part where I label the edge of my angles surface 0,0. How can I cleanly ordinate dimension the holes?
Thanks,
Pete
I'm trying to think of the best way to dimension from holes which sit on an angled surface to my A|B|C datums. I've attached my first shot, which I think is correct up to the part where I label the edge of my angles surface 0,0. How can I cleanly ordinate dimension the holes?
Thanks,
Pete





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Sorry if there is a better way to do this...
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My question however is: how is datum feature C exactly defined? Does whole eliptical hole serve as datum feature C or just its width or length?
There are also other methods. The one that seems to be quite simple is to locate just one of the holes (or one row of the holes) directly from origin of DRF A|B|C and apply basic dimensions from that hole (or row of holes) to other holes in view B. Since basic dimensions are not cummulative, the location of the other holes would be clearly defined.
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Pls give us some idea of what the funcionality / functional relationships are between the features & the datums, and between the datums. I am leaning towards an auxiliary datum reference frame based on my perceptions.
The problem with dimensioning from the edge of a plate (even with basic dimensions) is that people WRONGLY will believe that the features can be checked from the edcge of the plate rather than from the datums. In this case, I have used an off-part 0/0/0 point with basic offsets to the datums so that people don't associate dimensions with actual feature edges.
Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
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Datum c is meant to be the short dimension of the slot
The box bolts down on datum a and is aligned to the mounting surface by two pins which go into the hole and slot datum b and c respectively
I was trying to stay away from adding more datums but i see your point
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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Datum B is a hole
Datum C is the width of the slot
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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Thanks for the feedback, I felt kinda odd dimensioning holes from a non normal view (with respect to the holes).
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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What if on that same angled face (with the holes) I had a pocket which I wanted to control back to A B C but also control a little tighter with respect to the holes. What's my best route here? Do I setup another set of datums with the holes and then profile the pocket to that?
RE: Holes on Angled Surfaces
First, principle of simultaneous requirements. Second, composite tolerancing of non-similar features, depending on the amount of inter-feature control required.
Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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What you said is absolutely correct IF "the holes" in PRuggiero's recent question are understood to be the ones currently selected as datum features B and C.
However my understanding was that he is attempting to tighten the relationship between the pocket and the pattern of holes at the angled plate. In that case simultaneous requirements and composite tolerancing may be useless.
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Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com
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Pruggerio, it's a significant extension of principles. Basically, you would add a "feature designation" such as "FTR K" to each, then add another separate control to each with a more restrictive tolerance. The greatest difficulty is the different control types, position and profile; that complicates things significantly. Though I hate doing it, I would consider using a profile control for the size of the cutout with a composite position @MMC and BOUNDARY notation ('94; "boundary" eliminated in '09) and a second. Haven't done it this way with two dissimilar features, so it would take a lot more time than this forum.
Jim Sykes, P.Eng, GDTP-S
Profile Services www.profileservices.ca
TecEase, Inc. www.tec-ease.com