ABSTRACT
Preceding chapters present the conceptual foundation for integrated product development. The material shows how to start with a set of general, yet powerful, geometric and organizational concepts and use them to define a product and its allied processes. The use of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing with its emphasis on well-defined datums and geometric controls forces the design team to think ever more carefully and to define many geometrical characteristics not previously considered. The intentional application of geometric controls gives the product development team jurisdiction over final product quality by dictating the specific gage design criteria that determine functionally acceptable parts.
