This might not be the correct thread but I have a part with some curves/radii in it, and I want to make sure I am dimensioning it as easy as possible for the machinist. The way it is currently dimensioned I know that you can figure out the curve if you do all the math, but how would a machinist actually go about and do this? Do they have a program where they can easily drop these radii in and make them tangent? Or would it be easier if I gave center locations to all of the radii? Also is it easy for them to program the whether the shape follows the outside or the inside of a radii? I have several parts like this and i want to make sure the drawings are all good. Thanks in advance.
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Correct Curve Tolerance
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The R0.150 is not located. The dimension line should originate in the center of the circle if that's what it's to be centered on. Even after that, it won't have a location tolerance as there's no place for a tolerance.
Make the radii basic and put a profile tolerance on it with datum references that make sense for the part.
As to the machinist - most CNC tools can handle all of the nominal geometry generation without problems.
Make the radii basic and put a profile tolerance on it with datum references that make sense for the part.
As to the machinist - most CNC tools can handle all of the nominal geometry generation without problems.
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