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Refining Note

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SeasonLee

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Sep 15, 2008
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If the planar surface is a sealing surface and has been designated as a primary datum feature, in order to prevent the distortion direction, we may add a refining note underneath the FCF, may I ask which note is reasonable and will meet the functional requirement? Please ref to the figure below for details.

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SeasonLee,

Typically, "SHALL NOT BE CONVEX" is used to prevent a "rocking chair" condition. However, in your case, either option may not prevent that. You may want to add some restraining or consider using datum targets.
 
Thanks for your input, Tarator.
For ISO standard, we can see this term very often NC(Not Convex).

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For ISO standard, we can see this term very often NC(Not Convex).

Wasn't NC term removed from the latest ISO standard?
 
A.3 Former practice from ISO 1101:2012
The following drawing indications were described in ISO 1101:2012. Their use in practice has shown that their interpretation was ambiguous. Therefore, these drawing indications should no longer be used.
A.3.1 It was a former practice to use the NC specification element to indicate that the toleranced feature should be “non-convex”, see Figure A.4. This specification element is no longer used, because it is ambiguous what exactly constitutes a non-convex feature, i.e. how close to the edge of the feature should a plane contact the feature for it to be considered non-convex. There is no replacement for this indication in this document, since it is a qualitative concept. If needed, it can be added as a note on the drawing.
 
greenimi said:
Wasn't NC term removed from the latest ISO standard?

That's I really don't know, and I noticed this was changed at 2017 edition. Thanks for the information, but the figure I posted is per ASME standard.

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