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  1. alkung

    True position of a hex center?

    Sweet, thanks again everyone this was seriously helpful!
  2. alkung

    True position of a hex center?

    These are all great answers guys, thanks! All these make sense to me however I am relatively new to GD&T, how would you carry out number three? Would it be like in this picture? And if it is like in the picture does it essentially mean that the bottom part provides a hexagonal shaped tolerance...
  3. alkung

    True position of a hex center?

    Great, that clears up a lot thanks again Dave!
  4. alkung

    True position of a hex center?

    @3DDave thanks for your response! I have just one question though, is one method superior to the other in terms of cost saving? (i.e., is it easy for the machinists to do the profile?)
  5. alkung

    True position of a hex center?

    I am trying to define the center of an internal hex socket relative to a coaxial datum (see attached file). Is there a standard similar to how coaxial circles' true positions (as in the photo) are defined to elegantly do this? Thanks in...

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