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  1. Jimmerz

    Contoured, irregular surface as a datum

    Is it correct to use the entire surface of a contoured part to define a datum? The dwg calls this out as datum A, without the use of datum targets... I believe that you must define at least 3 datum targets to define a plane. I also believe that a datum must be a plane and cannot be the entire...

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