GD&T Symbols and Guidelines Cheat Sheet

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SYMBOL NAME ON DRAWING TOLERANCE ZONE GAUGING

Two parallel lines
0.030 apart
0.030
Straightness
(Surface)

100.050 Cylindrical Tolerance Zone

0.030 when Part = 10.050 Cylinder Gauge ID = M +

M Straightness 0.030 M 0.130 when Part = 9.950

Gauge ID =
(Axis under M ) 10.080
FORM

Two parallel planes

0.030 apart
Flatness 0.030

(Surface)

Planar Tolerance Zone Gauge spacing

at Virtual Condition

Flatness
0.030 M
M + = 10.080
M
(Median plane under M )

Two concentric circles

0.030 0.030 apart

Circularity

Two concentric cylinders

0.030 0.030 apart

Cylindricity

Two parallel planes

0.030 apart
0.030 A

Parallelism
ORIENTATION

Flat datum block

A (Datum A)
Datum A

0.030 A Two parallel planes

Perpendicularity A
0.030 apart Flat datum block
(Datum A)
(Feature)
Datum A

100.050 Gauge pin Pin Gauge OD = M

inserted
0.030 M A Axis perpendicular Pin Gauge = 9.920

M
Perpendicularity Bonus tolerance Tolerance Zone
at M
to datum
90
(9.950 - 0.030)

(Axis under M )
A Datum A

Two parallel planes

0.030 apart
0.030 A
Angularity 60 A Gauge
Block
60 60
60
Datum A

Two parallel lines

0.030 apart
Profile 0.030 A B
Datum B
Gauge must
follow true profile.

of a line B A
Profile is usually
PROFILE

measured with a CMM.

Datum A

Two parallel planes

0.030 apart

Profile
0.030 A B Gauge must
follow true profile.
B A
of a surface Datum B
Datum A
Profile is usually
measured with a CMM.

Part (actual) position Measure X and Y location and compare to the true position.
0.030 A B
(Actual X - True X) + (Actual Y + True Y)
2 2

Y
B Actual This formula must be less than
True Position 20.0
True 0.030
True
Actual Y
True Y
the True Position tolerance

A center
30.0
X
True X Actual X

Actual
Pin Position Part Part
100.050
0.030 M A B C Tolerance Zone

True Position
True of Pin Gauge
B position
M (Maximum Material 20.0 Tolerance Zone
True
position
of Hole Gauge
Condition)
30.0 Actual
A
LOCATION

Hole Position
C Gauge Gauge

0.030 A
Measured axis Datum axis

Concentricity
Datum A
Tolerance Zone
A

A A
0.030 A
A

Symmetry
Datum A plane
Two parallel planes
0.030 apart

0.030 A Datum A
Datum A Fixed + Rotated
A

A Fixed axially

Runout A
+ Rotated
RUNOUT

0.030 A Datum A
Datum A Fixed + Rotated
Fixed axially
A

Total Runout
A + Rotated

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