NF EN ISO 4351
Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Association
This document gives the terminology and basic concepts of association, including objective functions and association constraints and material offset.This document is not intended to specify association defaults and GPS syntax which are introduced in other (ISO GPS) International Standards.NOTE The association can be used to establish for example:— a datum;— a reference feature for a geometrical specification or for a surface texture specification;— an associated toleranced feature;— any dimensional characteristic;— an intersection plane, an orientation plane, a collection plane or a direction feature.
This document gives the terminology and basic concepts of association, including objective functions and association constraints and material offset.
This document is not intended to specify association defaults and GPS syntax which are introduced in other (ISO GPS) International Standards.
NOTE The association can be used to establish for example:
— a datum;
— a reference feature for a geometrical specification or for a surface texture specification;
— an associated toleranced feature;
— any dimensional characteristic;
— an intersection plane, an orientation plane, a collection plane or a direction feature.
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Description des composants de spécification d'association du processus d'association
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5 Critère d'association
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6 Composants de spécification
- A Élément non fermant/élément fermant - Définitions
- B Illustration de résultats d'association
- C Relation avec le modèle de matrice ISO GPS
- Bibliographie
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