Dimensions and tolerances are used to define the required distances between lines, planes, and points on an object.
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Define a feature
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Blueprints are the road map for transforming materials into finished products. Understanding how to read and interpret a blueprint is a universal skill that is used in almost every industry....
Some words and phrases you use in everyday conversation have different meanings when applied to blueprint reading. In this course, you will learn the meanings of words and phrases as they are used ...
The key to blueprint reading is understanding how to visually interpret product illustrations. In this course, you will learn how blueprints are drawn and how to see a three-dimensional object on...
The picture area of a blueprint is the engineer’s answer to a design problem. The engineer puts the answer on a drawing using lines and symbols that are common to the industry. In this course, you ...
Dimensions and tolerances are used to define the distances between lines, planes, and symbols on a blueprint. In this course, you will learn how dimensions and tolerances make it possible to mass ...
Blueprints have unique standardized symbols that are used to communicate additional information about the product. Recognizing these symbols and their meanings is the final step to effectively ...
Size dimensions can often restrict a feature more than is needed. When the shape or form of a feature is more important than its size, a geometric dimension and tolerance is typically used.Learning...
The ability to read an assembly drawing and identify the components is important to many people working in manufacturing. It is also important to understand how dimensions and tolerances affect how...
Threaded fasteners are frequently used in assemblies. Understanding the terms associated with threads and threaded fasteners is important for anyone working with fasteners and other parts with ...
Manufacturing a product requires a great amount of communication among all the people involved. Much of the communication must come from engineers. Engineers use a variety of methods to communicate...
In composite manufacturing, work instructions are used extensively for kitting, completing layups, curing, and machining or trimming. Work instructions enable you to produce a quality composite ...
Understanding the information contained on an engineering drawing for a composite product is critical to successfully manufacturing the product. In this course, you will learn how to decipher this ...
Engineering detail drawings communicate design intent along the entire supply and production line to ensure that mechanical parts meet a desired form, fit, and function.
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There are many terms and symbols unique to engineering drawings. Understanding these terms and symbols is important in understanding the design intent of the part represented on the drawing....
ASME Y14.5 requires engineering drawings to be created and interpreted to a set of rules. Understanding these rules is important to understanding the design intent of a part.
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Engineers use geometric tolerances to convey the design intent of the form or location of features when size tolerances may be too restrictive.
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List the geometric ...
Datums are the foundation that provides a method of aligning geometric tolerance zones to ensure features meet their intended design.
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Define a datum
Define a ...
Form geometric tolerances are used frequently to control shapes of individual features of parts. Understanding the tolerance zone created by a form geometric tolerance is important for anyone ...
Profile geometric tolerances are used to define the limits of contours of lines and surfaces containing straight lines, arcs, partial cylinders, and even mathematically defined curves.
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Orientation tolerances control the alignment of features to datum features. Orientation tolerances control the angularity, parallelism, and perpendicularity of features.
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Runout tolerances are applied to features of rotating parts. These tolerances reduce vibration and uneven wear of the features to which the tolerance is applied.
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Define ...
Geometric tolerances control the position of axes, center planes, surfaces, and midpoints of features to datum features.
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List the three geometric tolerances for ...
Electricity is a part of modern everyday life. Understanding the methods of producing electricity can lead to a greater appreciation of its importance.
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Understand the ...
The methods to transmit and distribute electricity produced in power plants are important to understand the complete electrical network.
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Define voltage
List...
Electricity is used in almost every facet of our lives. Understanding the many different ways it is used is important to realizing its importance as a source of energy.
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The foundation to understanding electricity begins with the atom. Identifying the parts of an atom and their characteristics will help you understand the origin and flow of electricity.
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Knowing the types and parts of electrical circuits is important in understanding the flow of electricity.
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List the parts of a circuit
List the differences ...
Understanding the term electrical current and how it is measured is important to anyone working with electricity.
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Define the term for measuring the flow of electricity
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Understanding the term voltage and how it is measured is important to anyone working with electricity.
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Define the term voltage
Understand the relationship ...
Understanding the term electrical power and how it is measured is important to anyone working with electricity.
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Define the term electrical power
Understand ...
The resistance in a circuit determines the amount of voltage required in the circuit and the amount of current the circuit will carry. Understanding the relationship of resistance to other ...
Ohm’s law is the mathematical representation of the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit. Understanding how to apply Ohm’s law is important for anyone ...
Watt’s law is the mathematical representation of the relationship between power, current, and voltage in an electrical circuit. Understanding how to apply Watt’s law is important for anyone ...
Direct current is used to power everything from cell phones to trains. Understanding this form of electrical flow is important to anyone working with electricity and electronics.
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Batteries are a common power source of direct current. Connecting batteries together can increase the voltage or current supplied to a circuit.
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Define cell
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The resistance, voltage, and current in a circuit depend upon the type of circuit. Understanding how to calculate the values for resistance, voltage, and current for each type of circuit is ...
Understanding the relationship between electricity and magnetism is important in understanding the way many electrical components function.
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Define ...
Magnetism is used to produce alternating current (AC). Knowing how AC is produced is important in understanding the way many electrical devices operate.
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Define a wave ...
The electromagnetic property of a coil of wire carrying current has many uses in electrical circuits. Understanding this property is important in understanding the way many electrical devices ...
