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    Datum in a second view

    Thanks for the reply, It is not clear to me what you mean by: Adding Axis or Centerline to the callout. If the datum symbol is in line with the "feature of size" dimension, ref FIG 3-4 pg 43 yi4.5, we already know that the Center is the datum in the first view. Are you talking about the...
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    Datum in a second view

    No, it does not state ASME Y14.5 I am afraid that I used to be and now I am out of date with the current standard. In the older revisions the datum "flag" could be attached to a centerline, identifying a centerline that may have been described by tooling points in another view. would this...
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    Datum in a second view

    The question I have is if a datum is identified in one view as the centerline of a "feature of size", how might I identify that centerline in another view? In the second view the centerline is the starting point for a half dimension and the datum feature is not visible. Yes, I realize that...

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