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Parallel planes and the envelope rule


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Back on the old forum, I'd seen a presentation on how to properly compute distance between two parallel planes in accordance with ASME's "envelope rule" - it involved checking both distances and parallelisms, max and min points, and a few formulas. Does anyone have a copy to share?
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The envelope rule specifies that both the widest opposed points and the narrowest opposed points must be in spec. A pair of OTE planes just checks the maximum of each plane, and doesn't care if they are exactly opposed or not.

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That's it, thanks!
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I'm talking about the special feature Symmetry Plane. It is treated as a single features, so I believe it would cover exactly what you are talking about. Just like the Stepped Cylinder.
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The "Symmetry Plane" feature set to outer tangential will only allow you to verify the MMC size. If you're after a two-point check to verify that the LMC limit has not been violated, you'll have to do it the long way.
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(a) is what OTE on a Symmetry Plane checks (not the same thing as the distance between two OTE planes).
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