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    Controlling angular orientation on a shaft

    Thanks for the reply dtmbiz. Like I said in my original post, I'm using a feature of a component as a datum. In my case that feature is a slot. Each of the components I am assembling has a slot and I need those slots to be aligned. What I mean by 'linear tolerance zone' is that the tolerance...
  2. Larkspur415

    Controlling angular orientation on a shaft

    Doesn't angularity still just create a linear tolerance zone at the specified angle? I asked myself the same question about just using a normal angle spec after posting, and I'm thinking that's probably the way to go. Still I'm interested to know of there's a way to do the same thing in gd&t.
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    Controlling angular orientation on a shaft

    I have what seems like a pretty basic problem, but I cant find the answer I'm looking for. I have an assembly of two components that are pressed into a shaft, and I want to control the angular orientation of them relative to each other. I'm not concerned about clocking to any features on the...

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