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  1. Mahesh AC

    Datum referring to itself: Datum assigned to FCF which contains same datum as secondary

    Thank you Chez311 and pmarc. To add some more clarity, yes, it's for a plastic molded part. Datum A is a collection of surfaces - all around of a shroud's internal wall. Datum B is a single planar surface perpendicular to the wall, and No targets used (which makes it more ambiguous as the area...
  2. Mahesh AC

    Datum referring to itself: Datum assigned to FCF which contains same datum as secondary

    Recently came across a drawing spec, where a datum was defined onto a feature control frame, and the feature control frame had the same datum as secondary. In the picture, Datum 'B' is defined to a profile of surface FCF, which uses Datum 'B' itself as secondary. (It is a flat surface that FCF...
  3. Mahesh AC

    Position tolerance measurement strategy

    Could anyone clarify, if the position measurement is a centroid feature or does it apply to all points on the surface? Attached file explains different target strategy for position measurement in a measurement software. It will be helpful to know which one is the right strategy to be used...

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