Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing: Basic Fundamentals [Paperback]

David A. Madsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1995 | ISBN-10: 1566370647 | ISBN-13: 978-1566370646

Provides the complete fundamentals of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing concepts as adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for engineering and related documentation practices. Softcover. DLC: Engineering drawings--Dimensioning.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox Pub (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566370647
• ISBN-13: 978-1566370646
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GD&T text and reference, March 16, 2002

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Martin Soll (Estacada, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (Paperback)

I am a college instructor, and have taught classes using this text. It is an excellent choice for use in a classroom setting. The chapters are laid out in a logical order so the student progresses through the concepts in a meaningful manner that leads to thorough understanding of the standard. The diagrams and examples are well designed and explained. The chapter exercises, tests, and drawing problems are useful to the instructor and educational for the students.

In addition to being a classroom text, it is a very good reference book for the work place. It will be useful to anyone in the engineering, drafting, inspection, programming and machining departments. The engineer and draftsperson will use this book as a reference to develop drawings that adhere to the ANSI and ASME GD&T standards, and it will assist others in the interpretation of the drawings.

I recommend this book to anyone who is taking a GD&T class or wants to teach themselves this very useful standard.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, November 9, 2010

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b00k_eater (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (Paperback)

I used this book as a primary text for inspection training, and it does an adequate job of explaining the information. However, it does not quite explain the material as well as some of the other books on the market. Now, if this is your primary text for GD&T application from a design standpoint, immediately file this one in the nearest garbage can and consider: Dimensioning & Tolerancing Handbook by Drake (probably the one to get if you only get one text because it is very comprehensive...even includes stack-up calculations), GD&T Fundamentals by Krulikowski, or Design Dimensioning and Tolerancing by Wilson (this one and the one by Drake are really done with the design application in mind). Bear in mind that the previous texts and the one under review all reference the 1994 revision of the standard (which should be fine because the vast majority of industry has largely ignored the 2009 revision...to date).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good book in general, March 8, 2009

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This review is from: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (Paperback)

i use the book in my drafting class. this work book/text book serves its purpose. a little hard to be doing all those exercises since you have to flip the book back and forth just to do the print reading exercises (having the figure in one page would have been nice or on a separate book)but still a good book in general.