Creating tolerance features

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Creating tolerance features - Exercise

  1. Open the Gear-Housing-Tolerance.ipt part file from your working folder. 
  2. Activate the Annotate tab from the Inventor ribbon. 
  3. From the Annotate tab>Geometric Annotations panel – select Tolerance Feature. 
  4. Click on the top face of the model (as shown) and click the green checkmark. 
  5. Click again to place the Flatness tolerance feature on plane. 
  6. Confirm that the tolerance value is 0.08 and click the green checkmark to confirm.

  7. From the Annotate tab>Geometric Annotations panel – select Tolerance Feature. 
  8. Click on the 1.75" hole on the model (as shown) and click again to place the Perpendicularity tolerance feature on plane. 
  9. Confirm that the tolerance value is 0.05 and click the green checkmark to confirm.

  10. From the Annotate tab>Geometric Annotations panel – select Tolerance Feature. 
  11. Click on the 1.547" hole on the model (as shown) and click again to place the Positional tolerance feature on plane.

  12. Double-click on the Ø.08 value from the Feature Control Frame.
  13. Use the drop-down menu to add a Maximum Material Condition modifier symbol after the positional tolerance value.

  14. Click on the Add Segment button. 
  15. Confirm the value for the Perpendicularity tolerance is 0.05".
  16. Click the green checkmark to confirm.

  17. Save and Close the model.