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Bonus tolerance?

Bonus tolerance?

Bonus tolerance?

(OP)
Looking at the "Datum B feature," if Datum A increases from MMC, can you add this as bonus tolerance/gain tolerance?

RE: Bonus tolerance?

In this case I believe you can add the amount that datum feature A has departed from MMC to the total positional tolerance, so in effect, yes, you do get extra tolerance--but not really--but there are 2 things to keep in mind:

1) It is not bonus tolerance, it is datum shift. Your tolerance zone is not getting bigger, it is moving. I know it looks like it's getting bigger but it's not.
2) It doesn't always work out this way so don't get it in your head that in every case, all you have to do is add the datum shift to the bonus tolerance.

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RE: Bonus tolerance?

Second Phound's post! On one hand the shift tolerance gives you more "effective" tolerance (in this case!) but it's not really making the position zone bigger, but rather adding in the shift or play factor regarding datum A.

John-Paul Belanger
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RE: Bonus tolerance?

(OP)
Also, don't the positional tolerances supercede the parallel/perpendicular callouts?

RE: Bonus tolerance?

No, because they're referencing different datums.

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