ASME is an acronym for The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a non-profit organization founded to advance, standardize, and disseminate engineering knowledge… See more

The ASME website describes the Y14.5 standard as follows: “The Y14.5 standard is considered the authoritative guideline for the design language of geometric dimensioni… See more

This section outlines the scope and intent of the standard, which we have described in detail above. It also provides definitions of key terms used throughout the standard. Additionally… See more

Practices for expressing tolerances on linear and angular dimensions are established in this portion of the standard, and modifiers and key principles are introduced… See more