GD&T Training
Our GD&T training and tolerance analysis training materials are unmatched, technically robust, and easy-to-understand – our students like our training and learn what is needed for successful implementation. We respect our clients and offer the most technically relevant training in terms that are useful and make sense. We build long-term relationships with our clients, as our focus is your long-term success. Our books and materials are available on our website, and many of the books are sold by other sources as well, such as Amazon, ASME Press, IHS Global, and many other retail sources.
We ensure that your design, manufacturing, inspection, assembly, quality, and service personnel and your suppliers understand GD&T as needed to be successful and produce the highest quality, lowest cost products possible.
We teach GD&T so every team member:
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Understands what the GD&T means.
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Understands how the GD&T works.
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Understands the effect of the GD&T on product function, manufacturing, inspection, and assembly.
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Understands the effects of the GD&T throughout the product lifecycle.
About Our GD&T Training Courses and Seminars
In our GD&T courses and GD&T seminars we teach the concepts, rules and language of GD&T, and as discussed above, we teach the business implications of GD&T. Our GD&T training presents GD&T from a functional viewpoint, discussing the topics from the point-of-view of application to real world problems.
When we teach GD&T, we teach it from the point-of-view of application to real world problems, not just another textbook approach. GD&T is taught with Tolerance Stackups in mind – we want our clients to understand the implications of the tolerances they specify, including the type of tolerance, material condition modifiers, datum references, and the tolerance values as well. We also discuss the implications on assembly methods, manufacturing and inspection. Although GD&T is a science of the details, it must also be understood in the context of the big picture.
Most of our customers prefer for us to come to their facility and teach in-house courses. This allows us to talk about their parts, products, and processes in a more private setting. We help many companies every year – why not let us help you achieve your Dimensional Management goals? We offer ASME Y14.5-based GD&T Training Courses and ISO 1101-based GD&T Training Courses. Course content can be suited to your needs and practices. Our onsite courses include time to review your designs, drawings, products, and processes.
We offer Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and Custom GD&T courses and GD&T seminars. We call these GD&T training courses Level 1 GD&T Fundamentals, Level 2 GD&T Applications, and Level 3 Advanced GD&T courses. We also offer Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing courses and GD&T Certification Preparation seminars. Our GD&T training can be generic or our GD&T training can be adapted to your specific needs.
Level 2 GD&T Appliacations and Level 3 Advanced GD&T courses are taught with the requirements of the final product in mind, which includes extensive applications, alternate strategies, and the effect of the GD&T on Tolerance Stackups. Dimensional Management concepts are addressed throughout these courses as well. We want our clients to understand the implications of the tolerances they specify, including the functional implications and the cost implications of the assembly, manufacturing and inspection processes. The many nuances of GD&T and the importance of syntax and context are discussed in detail. Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing concepts are further developed and explained throughout the course.
In our Level 2 GD&T and Level 3 GD&T courses, your staff will work through real world examples and solve problems that will help them do a better job in the workplace and form more coherent teams. Teamwork is essential in any dimensional management implementation, and our GD&T training will help you develop more effective teams that solve your dimensional management problems optimally.
GD&T Training Courses
Our GD&T training courses teach the concepts, rules and language of GD&T. We teach GD&T from a functional viewpoint, discussing the topics from the point-of-view of application to real world problems.
Our GD&T training courses may be based on ASME standards (ASME Y14.5M-1994, Y14.5-2009) or on ISO standards (ISO 1101, ISO 5459, etc.). All of our Tolerance Analysis and GD&T Training courses are coordinated, as our goal is for your staff to design such that geometric problems are not built into your products, your manufacturing and inspection staff clearly understands the geometric requirements, and your assembly and service personnel are provided parts that fit together and are interchangeable. The language of GD&T and tolerance analysis methods are needed to achieve these goals.
If desired, our GD&T courses may be customized around your products and problems. Custom courses can be anything you want. Our training has been successful in a variety of environments and contexts.
A thorough and rigorous treatment of the system of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing concepts, rules, legal implications, tools and techniques are presented in detail from design, inspection, and concurrent engineering points of view. (ASME or ISO GD&T)
- Understand shortcomings of +/- dimensioning and tolerancing and how GD&T eliminates these deficiencies
- Introduction to functional dimensioning and tolerancing
- Detailed explanation of datums and datum reference frames
- Start with GD&T rules and simple concepts and build up to system level
- Features, features of size, geometric tolerances and tolerance zones are covered in detail
- Leads to a thorough understanding of GD&T basics
- Presented from design, manufacturing, quality, inspection, and assembly points of view
Learn the fundamentals of GD&T at your own pace. This brand new computer-based course allows students to go through the same curriculum as our Level 1 course through a combination of videos and slides along with quizzes and tests. (ASME)
- There are 21 units including introduction that cover the major concepts in GD&T. Each unit is from 10 to 60 minutes in length depending on the concepts covered and the student’s pace.
- Intuitive user portal contains all of the content in one window.
- Mobile app for iOS and Android allows users to save courses and take them offline.
- Quizzes at the end of modules allow students to ascertain their grasp of the concepts and revisit material when needed.
Many institutes of higher education have struggled with a way to effectively include GD&T training into their curricula where it would add significant value for their students. Sigmetrix is offering a computer-based tool to help educators augment their existing curriculum with a flexible, self-paced course covering the fundamentals of the language. The ability to author and understand GD&T is becoming more important than ever as industries shift to improve the way their part requirements are defined and communicated throughout the companies and their supply chains.
Educators will be able to enrich their curriculum with this new computer-based course that will allow students our Level 1 training course through a combination of videos and slides along with quizzes and tests. This course is designed to engage students and help them learn faster and more deeply by enabling them to focus on new concepts at their own pace. This course will promote understanding and will help develop student’s intuition through interactive quizzes that give immediate results.
- There are 21 units including introduction that cover the major concepts in GD&T. Each unit is from 10 to 60 minutes in length depending on the concepts covered and the student’s pace.
- Intuitive user portal contains all of the content in one window.
- Mobile app for iOS and Android allows users to download part or all of the course to take it offline.
- Quizzes at the end of modules allow students to ascertain their grasp of the concepts and revisit material when needed.
- Reference materials included: The Journeyman’s Guide to GD&T, GD&T Update Guide: ASME Y14.5-2009, and GD&T Visual Glossary.
Contact us to set your students up with their logins at a special university only price of $150 per student.
TERMS
- Client will be the University/College – with payment terms not to exceed 45 days
- Each student must have a .edu e-mail address
- Duration of license: semester only
- Students must complete survey at the end of the course
- Client would submit a white paper or provide Sigmetrix with some type of feedback that we could publish.
Covers the more advanced topics, application issues, pros and cons of alternate strategies, effects on downstream processes and the supply chain, and includes many application-based exercises. (ASME or ISO GD&T)
- Application and implications of Functional Dimensioning and Tolerancing schemes
- How to apply GD&T functionally to parts and mating parts in assemblies
- Composite tolerancing
- Understanding alternative strategies for tolerancing and managing variation
- Pros, cons and tradeoffs of the alternatives on downstream operations such as manufacturing and inspection, and cost implications of the above
Advanced topics, problems and challenges in Dimensioning and Tolerancing, advanced feature types and tolerancing techniques, challenges in metrology, mathematical concepts, effects on Tolerance Stackups, mating part applications, and optional strategies. (ASME)
- Implications on downstream processes including manufacturing, inspection, assembly, service, & supply chain
- Deeper understanding of GD&T and its business implications, tradeoffs and pros and cons of different approaches
- Advanced GD&T tools and methods
- Alternate strategies for managing more complex geometry
- Deeper discussion of CAD model geometry and its role in product definition and GD&T
- Extending and adapting GD&T methods for your products
- In-depth discussion of your products, drawings, models, & processes
This course combines the content of the Level 1, 2, and 3 classes in a way which allows the user to easily grasp the connections intended throughout the GD&T language. Starting with most basic concepts and rules, the class works through the GD&T language and its application from a functional, user-friendly standpoint. The content is arranged with a focus on maintaining the communication of functional intent captured in engineering documentation between Designers, Manufacturing Engineers, Machinists, Quality Engineers, Inspectors, and Supply Chain personnel. Students practice with each new piece of material using a mix of vocabulary and application-based exercises throughout. During the class students will:
- Realize the shortcomings of +/- tolerances and the advantages of using GD&T
- Understand and apply functional dimensioning and tolerancing
- Gain an in-depth knowledge of datums, constraint, datum reference frames, and coordinate systems
- Appreciate and address the concerns of design, manufacturing, quality, inspection, and assembly
- Achieve a thorough understanding of GD&T as a system and language
The Tolerance Analysis Training Course will help you understand how to calculate and manage variation and its implications on product performance. (ASME or ISO GD&T)
- Explanation, comparison and calculation of worst-case and statistical techniques
- How to perform stackups with +\- and GD&T
- Address assemblability, fit, maintaining clearance, ensuring contact, maintaining wall thickness & machining stock, alignment
- Compare dimensioning & tolerancing & design strategies
- Methods to model geometric variation from dimensions and tolerances, GD&T, and assembly processes
- Understand sources of variation and its effects on assemblies
- Assembly modeling process, determining if the design, GD&T, and assembly process will yield acceptable results
- How to correct geometry problems found through analysis
- Understand, calculate, and model the cumulative variation
- Know if the design and GD&T specified leads to parts and assemblies that will meet their intended requirements
Overview of core topics of GD&T fundamentals.
- Why GD&T is needed and how it differs from +/-
- Plus and minus deficiencies
- Features and features of size
- GD&T rules
- Legal issues relating to drawings and models
- Datums, datum features, datum reference frames
- Understanding form, size, orientation, and location, and
- Overview of geometric tolerancing
- Discuss GD&T and its implications on purchasing, supply chain, inspection requirements, and other business issues
Comparison of the ISO GPS and ASME Y14.5 GD&T systems and differences in their philosophy. Comparison of symbology, terminology, tools, techniques, and implications of these on defining functional requirements and downstream processes.
Preparation for taking ASME’s GD&T Professional Certification Exams. Includes discussions of exam contents and structure, review of core concepts and terms, and study techniques for passing the exams. Recommend prerequisite of prior completion of our GD&T Level I Course. Sample exam included with Seminar.
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