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T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Symbols. Datum symbols<br />

Precision. Takes integer values in the range from 3 to 16, inclusive. This parameter makes sense only when<br />

using the automatic tolerance calculation.<br />

Value. This is the value of the tolerance, either input manually or calculated automatically. A predefined list<br />

of values is supplied for the manual parameter definition.<br />

Datum 1, Datum 2 and Datum 3. These are the names of datums that<br />

can be used in the GD&T symbol, defined as textual strings.<br />

Text variables can be used as datum names just like in the case of any<br />

other text string parameters.<br />

Setting. Can be set or unset. If set, the dimension value will be entered<br />

after the tolerance value.<br />

Text after. This parameter allows entering an arbitrary text string that you<br />

want to be displayed after the tolerance value. You can enter, for<br />

instance, conditions for dependencies, unevenness, etc. Use the key<br />

combination for this purpose.<br />

If necessary, use variables in this entry, surrounded in braces.<br />

Rotation. Can be set or unset. If set, the GD&T symbol will be rotated by<br />

90 degrees.<br />

Location. Defines the box positioning with respect to the attachment node.<br />

Eight different positioning options are provided in the pulldown menu.<br />

Level, Priority, Color and Layer have the same purpose as for other<br />

drawing elements.<br />

Font parameters. The tab “Font” provides the means for setting the font<br />

to use in rendering the notations. Keep in mind that the settings affect<br />

the size of the notation itself.<br />

Set as default. Setting this parameter means that all newly created<br />

GD&T symbols will use the current settings.<br />

If you select the radio button “Datum”, then you will have to define<br />

a different, shorter, list of parameters: Datum, Location and the<br />

general system parameters: Level, Priority, Color and Layer.<br />

Once you defined the GD&T or datum symbol parameters, the<br />

respective notation will be displayed in the drawing.<br />

Follow are the examples of various GD&T symbols of surface geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing.<br />

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