GD&T Why Do We Hate It? Why Do We Love It? Why Do We Need It? Webinar
In the age of digital manufacturing, GD&T remains the standard language of the manufacturing industry to communicate the intricacies of novel component geometries. Further, even though digital design and manufacturing tools create a façade of limitless precision, all manufacturing processes are imperfect, resulting in dimensional errors in the manufactured component. GD&T acknowledges this paradigm, allowing the designer to indicate the level and form of acceptable error and the manufacturer to implement processes that meet specifications.
This webinar will cover the fundamentals of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) with a focus on application to digital manufacturing. GD&T, synonymously known as geometric product specification (GPS), offers a set of tools for design engineers to communicate geometric specifications to manufacturers and inspectors via engineering drawings. While GD&T is well-known in the industry, it is not commonly taught in engineering classrooms and often suffers from misconceptions even among practicing engineers.
Key Takeaways:
Learn how GD&T plays a role in digital manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and common tolerancing tasks.
Understand key concepts of imprecision in manufacturing and cover the standard ‘language’ of GD&T.
Discuss tools and resources engineers and manufacturers can use to adopt GD&T.