Animated visualization of the maximum material requirement

Abstract The usage of animation technique applied as a powerful tool to explain the complex concept of the maximum material requirement (MMR) is shown. The concepts of datum system and the maximum material virtual condition envelope, that is located by theoretically exact dimensions are highlighted. The maximum material virtual condition state, that limits the collective effect of the feature maximum material size and the maximum acceptable geometrical deviation for that size is examined. The tolerances of perpendicularity and position with the maximum material modifiers applied in the tolerance frames for the toleranced features or respectively for the datum features are explored. The simplicity of the verification of the conformance with the specification employing the MMR by the gauge that represents the matting counter part is emphasized.