Handbook Of Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing : Principles for Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Quality Inspection
Overview
A drawing with a plus-or-minus tolerance on every dimension can still pass inspection and fail to assemble, because coordinate tolerancing describes a box-shaped zone around a nominal point instead of the shape a function actually needs.
Most tolerancing material either stays abstract - defining symbols without connecting them to a functional requirement - or jumps to worked examples without building the reasoning needed to apply a control correctly on an unfamiliar part.
This handbook builds geometric dimensioning and tolerancing as a connected engineering language: starting from functional interfaces and datum structure, it works through every major control family with worked calculations and case studies that carry a design all the way to inspection.
What This Book Covers
- Treat the drawing or model as a controlled, unambiguous contract between design, manufacturing, and quality.
- Apply size limits, Rule No. 1, and feature-boundary reasoning before reaching for a geometric control.
- Read and construct feature control frames, symbols, and material-condition modifiers correctly.
- Build datum reference frames that match how a part is actually held and measured.
- Apply form controls (straightness, flatness, circularity, cylindricity) and orientation controls (parallelism, perpendicularity, angularity).
- Specify profile of a line and profile of a surface for complex, non-planar geometry.
- Calculate position tolerancing, composite and multiple-segment pattern controls, and material-condition boundaries.
- Apply circular and total runout to coaxial, rotating features, and carry decisions into assembly, fits, and functional gaging.
- Plan measurement, account for uncertainty, and reach defensible conformance decisions.
- Work through digital product definition, model-based workflows, and integrated design-to-inspection case studies.
Who this book is for: Mechanical design engineers, manufacturing and quality engineers, machinists, and inspectors who read, write, or verify dimensioned and toleranced drawings - and engineering students who need dimensioning and tolerancing explained through function and verification, not symbol memorization.
Get your copy and start specifying geometry that says exactly what the part needs, and nothing more.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798190688856
- ISBN-10: 9798190688856
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: August 2026
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.89 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.23 pounds
- Page Count: 440
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