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symmetry in a drawing

symmetry in a drawing

symmetry in a drawing

(OP)
hi everyone,

i have a question about symmetry in drawings , what is the correct way to indicate symmetry on a drawing in such a way that i wont have to write the dimensions of features that are in the middle of the symmetric part , its a little hard to explain in writing so i have an example in the attached photo , what i want is not to use the dimensions 25 and 40 that specify the distance to the center of the hole but rather that this dimensions will be implicit from the symmetry of the part.

thanks.

RE: symmetry in a drawing

I guess you could imply symmetry by placing full length center-lines, as shown below:



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RE: symmetry in a drawing

1) Forget implied symmetry - it doesn't really exist no matter how long your center lines or now nicely you overlap the C & L etc.. So I'm afraid the guess above is just that and it's wrong (At least to ASME Y14.5 and and far as I know ISO unless maybe invoking 2768 correctly or something), sorry John. The trouble with trying to imply symmetry is what is the tolerance limit on that symmetry? See ASME Y14.5M-1994 section 2.73.

2) In your case I'd probably have done something like Checker Hater depending on function etc. Here is his illustration imbedded.



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RE: symmetry in a drawing

The fact that the original drawing showed basic dimensions for the 25 and the 40 says to me that you don't necessarily need the hole to be centered. Rather, you need it to be at the prescribed distance from the respective datums, which would be derived from those edges. This would place it in the middle of the part on a perfect part. So perhaps the suggested answer is not quite the same thing?

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RE: symmetry in a drawing

Hence, "I'd probably have done something like Checker Hater depending on function etc."

Also the OP says "what i want is not to use the dimensions 25 and 40 that specify the distance to the center of the hole but rather that this dimensions will be implicit from the symmetry of the part"

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RE: symmetry in a drawing

Gotcha, Kenat. I just wonder why the OP had them as basic dims... my take is that the question about how to dimension something in the center of the part is different from the question about how to tolerance something in the center of a part. (For that, more info would be needed.)

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RE: symmetry in a drawing

Do you need the hole centered in the block, or the block centered about the hole?

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