What’s on the Tolerance & Fit poster
A 6-row table: Fit · Clearance · Used for.
Nominal size is not the made size.
- Clearance — 0.2-0.5 mm — Parts that must move
- Transition — 0 to 0.1 mm — Located but removable
- Interference — Negative — Pressed, permanent
- Laser-cut ply — Add the kerf, 0.1-0.2 — Slot and tab assembly
- FDM print — 0.3-0.4 mm — Snap fits, sliding parts
- Cast material — Allow for shrinkage — Wax, clay, resin
Cut or print a test coupon of the joint before making the whole part. Every machine and material has its own kerf.
Questions about the Tolerance & Fit poster
- What’s on the Tolerance & Fit poster?
- A 6-row table: Fit · Clearance · Used for. Nominal size is not the made size. Clearance — 0.2-0.5 mm — Parts that must move; Transition — 0 to 0.1 mm — Located but removable; Interference — Negative — Pressed, permanent; Laser-cut ply — Add the kerf, 0.1-0.2 — Slot and tab assembly; FDM print — 0.3-0.4 mm — Snap fits, sliding parts; Cast material — Allow for shrinkage — Wax, clay, resin. Cut or print a test coupon of the joint before making the whole part. Every machine and material has its own kerf.
- Who is the Tolerance & Fit poster for?
- Tolerance & Fit belongs to the Art & Design section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning form & 3d can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Tolerance & Fit poster?
- Use it when two made parts have to go together. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Tolerance & Fit belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Tolerance & Fit?
- Digital Fabrication, Modelling & Carving and Armatures sit alongside Tolerance & Fit in the Art & Design section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Digital FabricationModelling & CarvingArmatures
- Is the Tolerance & Fit poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Tolerance & Fit downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Art & Design section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Tolerance & Fit poster print at?
- Tolerance & Fit is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Tolerance & Fit loses nothing.Printing guide
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