That's the email I got upon entering the shop today. I was using a 1 x 10 styli for a part with 3-48 & 6-32 threaded holes. Just trying to get a decent location within tolerance of +/- .005. Now, the customer (we are the sub-contractor) is "coming in today with a cylindrical probe which will take more accurate hits on thread holes". I checked some of the postings in the forum and it looks like there's a lot involved and the results are sketchy.
A little off topic but why the heck hasn't GD&T become a required course for any manufacturing, quality or design engineering degree.
To be fair to most universities, GD&T is a fairly recent change in engineering thinking. I graduated two years ago now, the course was 4 years long, meaning that the course material was designed as little as 6 years ago and more likely more than that. I am sure if I was to start on an engineering degree now or next year you would see GD&T as part of the course. Unfortunately that means that you will be waiting perhaps 3 years or more before you start seeing lots of graduates who have been tought from the beginning on GD&T.
A little off topic but why the heck hasn't GD&T become a required course for any manufacturing, quality or design engineering degree.
To be fair to most universities, GD&T is a fairly recent change in engineering thinking. I graduated two years ago now, the course was 4 years long, meaning that the course material was designed as little as 6 years ago and more likely more than that. I am sure if I was to start on an engineering degree now or next year you would see GD&T as part of the course. Unfortunately that means that you will be waiting perhaps 3 years or more before you start seeing lots of graduates who have been tought from the beginning on GD&T.
