USING ANIMATIONS TO SUPPORT THE UNDERSTANDING OF GEOMETRICAL TOLERANCING CONCEPTS

Zbigniew Humienny, Marcin Berta
Abstract:
The paper presents general concept and some examples of the new modules of the application Geometrical Tolerancing that has been consequently developed by the authors for a couple of years to effectively present and disseminate the ISO GPS system fundamental concepts, definitions, interpretations and rules in technicaluniversities and industry. The package structure and main capabilities are shown and discussed through a few screen shoots. The application starts from the main window in which the user can click on one from the 14 tolerancing symbols or any modifier to open the new window with list of particular symbol/modifier applications. The selection of the case (e.g. roundness, coaxiality of an axis to the common axis, etc.) opens the next window with relevant tolerance and datum indicators attached to the workpiece. There are on screen notes and the context po-pup windows to explain requirements defined by the specification. Selection of the interpretation button at each case window activates the sequence of animations controlled by the user in which she/he is instructed how the datum (or the datum system) is established, next the tolerance zone is presented (running translation and/or rotation of the zone clearly shows its unlocked degrees of freedom) and finally the user triggers the geometrical deviation evaluation. The concepts of the geometrical deviations verification are demonstrated for the selected tolerances. Due many interactive animations enriched by prompts and questions the user has opportunity to control step by step the assessment of the geometrical deviations on the actual parts.
Keywords:
geometrical tolerancing, tolerance indication, e-learning, ISO 1101, GPS
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC14
Event name:
TC14 ISMQC 2013
Title:

11th International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control

Place:
Cracow and Kielce, POLAND
Time:
11 September 2013 - 13 September 2013