What’s a datum reference frame?

It’s becoming common to refer to the devices used for dimensional and coordinate measurement—vision/optics, lasers, touch probes, and others—as sensors.

With the ever-growing demands of energy, the demands on high value-added vessels, such as container vessels

At rare moments, an idea comes along that makes people rethink how jobs are done from that point on

Welcome to the second issue of CMSC World—the place to catch up on the latest happenings in portable 3-D metrology and im

As we know, GD&T is a symbolic language with which to specify permissible limits of imperfection in manufactured parts, namely limits that maximize the parts’ operability, assemblability, and affordability.

In dimensional measurement it isn’t unusual to measure feature locations relative to reference edges. How one measures an edge depends on how we define it.

How much is a kilogram?

Happy New Year! One resolution many people have made is to cut costs. One way to do that is to manufacture in China.

Back in the 1940, when Stanley Parker, Mr. GD&T, decided it was time to create a set of tolerancing tools that realistically dealt with reality, two objectives were near the top of his list.