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    Can a feature be controlled by two different position callouts?

    I have one subassembly. It contains one welded rectangular frame boxe and one floor pan/bracket. For the welded frame, there are three holes on bottom surface of frame to be used to mound to floor pan and there are four holes on top face of frame which will be used as mounting hole for another...
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    Can one feature be used for both secondary and tertiary datum?

    It is just a simple bracket. The reason using secondary and teriary datums is that I want to set up datum scheme. Is it true that every part needs datums (A, B, C)? In other words, do we always need to set datums before puting dimension on the drawing even if it is a simple part? Thanks
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    Can one feature be used for both secondary and tertiary datum?

    I have a simple bracket. It only has a slot hole on it. Can I use the slot as both secondary and tertiary datum? Thanks in advance.
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    datum target areas

    Hello, I am trying to use datum target areas to define primary datum A on a sheet metal part. I have some questions about datum target areas. 1. Can I choose three non-co planar surfaces as my datum target areas? 2. Can I and how do I dimension and tolerance the distance between those data...

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