Repetitive feature dimension (total)
Repetitive feature dimension (total)
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Is the total overall reference dimension for repetitive features required to be on the drawing? Example 4 X .250 (=1.000) or 4 X .250. I recall reading somewhere that the reference dimension is either no longer used or optional. Cannot remember where I read it. Any help would be appreciated.
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RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
So based on that I'd say it's optional.
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RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
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RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
The alternative practice ASME Y14.5M-1994 illustrates is to make one of the .25 dimensions reference and the overall 1.00 dimension driving. Same section as before, figure 1-17.
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RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
The best argument against reference dimensions is that, on a drafting board, the reference dimensions will not be updated when changes are made. If you have advanced from drafting board, this is much less of an issue.
You need to ask yourself what the user of the drawing requires, and how much effort you should make to provide this. An additional cost of reference dimensions is that they clutter the drawing. If it useful, it is not too much work to apply it, and it does not clutter excessively, do it.
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JHG
RE: Repetitive feature dimension (total)
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