Are you comfortable with your ability to correctly interpret geometric dimensioning and tolerancing on a drawing?

Attend one of our upcoming Michigan public workshops and improve your GD&T skills.

Learning to correctly apply and interpret GD&T is an excellent investment in yourself and a cost-saving skill that will benefit your company. Click on the title of any class to see more detailed information about the course.

Not sure how much GD&T you know? Take our free GD&T skills survey.

• Fundamentals of GD&T 2-Day (ASME Y14.5-2009)
• ISO Geometrical Tolerancing 2-Day (ISO 1101:2004)
• Tolerance Stacks 2-Day (Concept Driven)
• Intro to Statistical Tolerance Stacks 1-Day
• Fundamentals of GD&T for Inspectors 2-Day (ASME Y14 Standards)
• Engineering Drawing Requirements 1-Day (ASME Y14.100-2004)
• ASME Y14.5-2009 1-Day Update (ASME Y14.5M-1994 to Y14.5-2009)
• Solid Model Tolerancing 1-Day (ASME Y14.41-2003)

Unable to attend these public workshops? We’ll come to you. ETI provides training globally.
Please contact sales at 734-744-5940 or email sales@etinews.com to learn more.

Register today for our March Fundamentals of GD&T or Advanced Concepts of GD&T workshop in Michigan and receive a free Kindle, the word’s best-selling E-reader. Register for both workshops and receive TWO Kindles, one for each paid class registration. Register now.

Fundamentals of GD&T 2-Day Workshop
Based on ASME Y14.5M-1994
If you have a basic understanding of mechanical drawings, this workshop can teach you the terms, rules, symbols, and concepts of GD&T as prescribed in the ASME Y14.5M-1994 Standard. You’ll get an in-depth explanation of geometric symbols, including each symbol’s requirements, tolerance zones, and limitations. The class includes a comparison of GD&T to coordinate tolerancing; an explanation of tolerance zones; Rules #1 and #2; form and orientation controls; tolerance of position; runout and profile controls. This complete course in GD&T fundamentals is the most thorough and comprehensive training on the market. Read more.

Advanced Concepts of GD&T 2-Day Workshop
Based on ASME Y14.5M-1994
This accelerated course was developed to meet your advanced GD&T needs by building on your existing fundamental skills. You’ll learn about advanced GD&T concepts like composite tolerancing, tolerance analysis, datum selection, non-rigid part dimensioning, and many more key dimensioning topics. The course covers topics from advanced GD&T concepts to the system approach for part dimensioning. Read more.

Registration for the Fundamentals class closes March 15, 2013.
Registration for the Advanced Concepts course closes March 19, 2013.

Classes are almost full — call 1-734-744-5940 or use our online registration form to enroll today.

Due to popular demand, we’re extending our web-based training special until the end of February.

Until February 28, 2013, receive 25% off any course in our ETI Learning Center. Take a complete course in GD&T fundamentals for less than $120.

All of our courses were developed by geometric dimensioning and tolerancing expert Alex Krulikowski and are based on a series of goals and objectives. Read more about each course:

• Fundamentals of GD&T – ASME Y14.5-2009
• Fundamentals of GD&T – ASME Y14.5M-1994
• ASME Y14.5 Standard Comparison: 1994 to 2009
• Engineering Drawing Requirements – ASME Y14.100-2004 and Y14.24-1999 (R2004)

Purchase any or all of these courses in 30-, 60-, or 90-day access for 25% off the regular price. Hurry! Offer ends February 28, 2013, at midnight EST. No others discounts apply.

Don’t miss this great deal. Every course in our ETI Learning Center is 25% off the regular price. You can take a complete course in GD&T fundamentals for less than $120.

Learning GD&T has never been so accessible, convenient, and inexpensive.

Available courses include:

• Fundamentals of GD&T – ASME Y14.5-2009
• Fundamentals of GD&T – ASME Y14.5m-1994
• ASME Y14.5 Standard Comparison: 1994 to 2009
• Engineering Drawing Requirements – ASME Y14.100-2004 and Y14.24-1999 (R2004)

Purchase any or all of these courses in 30-, 60-, or 90-day access for 25% off the regular price. Hurry! Offer ends January 31, 2013 at midnight EST. No others discount offers apply.

ETI’s public workshop calendar for next year is posted on our website. Take time now to plan your 2013 GD&T training schedule.

The workshops will be held at our new location in Livonia, Michigan.

The price of each public workshop includes materials, continental breakfast, and snacks. Most workshops also include bonus materials, like access to our online training that can be used as a resource after the training is completed. When you register for any ETI workshop, you know you’ll be receiving the most thorough GD&T training available.

See the complete public workshop schedule, or take a look at our onsite workshops.
Register for a public workshop.

To learn more about public or onsite workshops from ETI, call 1-800-886-0909.

There are only a few days left to take advantage of our November 2012 web special:

Buy our new Fundamentals of GD&T Using Critical Thinking Skills textbook (based on ASME Y14.5-2009) and receive 20% off the regular price.

The textbook normally retails for $115, but for the month of November, you can purchase it for only $92, a savings of $23! Take advantage of this great offer at our website, or call 1-734-744-5940 (US toll free: 1-800-886-0909) to order by phone.

About the Book

The Fundamentals of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Using Critical Thinking Skills textbook, by Alex Krulikowski, has been completely updated to reflect the changes in the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard. This full-color textbook contains detailed drawings, colorful charts, and a full glossary of GD&T terms. The textbook utilizes adult learning principles and emphasizes critical thinking skills, with lessons that are based on a series of goals and objectives:

• Each of the textbook’s 27 chapters focuses on a major topic that must be mastered to be fluent in the fundamentals of geometric tolerancing.
• The textbook contains more than 260 performance objectives that describe specific, observable, measurable actions that the student must accomplish to demonstrate mastery of each goal.
• Each topic contains material that builds and develops critical thinking skills, with questions that utilize those skills at the end of each chapter.

Read more about the textbook here or look inside the book.

November web special: Buy our new 2009 Fundamentals of GD&T textbook and receive 20% off the regular price. Offer ends November 30, 2012. No other discounts apply.

Ever need a quick GD&T reference on the job? ETI’s Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide (based on ASME Y14.5-2009) is now available in ebook format at Amazon.com.

Look inside the book.

Imagine having this valuable GD&T resource available on your phone, iPad, Kindle, and other devices whenever you need answers about GD&T questions.

— Over 100 detailed drawings to illustrate concepts
— More than 40 charts for quick reference
— Explanations of each GD&T symbol and modifier
— Examples of datum application
— Sections on surface texture and composite tolerancing
— Coordinate measurement to diameter tolerance zone conversion chart
— Full definitions of major concepts
— Clarification of important rules and topics
— Definitions of fixed and floating fastener formulas
— Handy inch/millimeter conversion chart

The Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide is the perfect on-the-job pocket reference and now it’s accessible whenever and wherever you need it. Buy yours today!

Alex Krulikowski is giving a presentation on “ Surface or Axis Interpretation for Position Tolerances at MMC” at the 2012 ASME Y14 committee meeting in San Diego this week.

Alex frequently speaks at engineering, educational, and designing conferences. His articles appear regularly in trade magazines, including Machine Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Magazine, and OEM Magazine.

As an expert on the new ASME Y14.41 on tolerancing of solid models, Alex has been quoted in Automotive Excellence and Automotive Industries magazine.

Date: 08 – 12 October 2012
Location: Del Mar, CA
Hotel: Hilton San Diego Del Mar
15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd
Del Mar, California 92109
Tel: 1-858-792-5200
Web: www.sandiegodelmarhilton.com

ETI recently partnered with CAD software provider Sigmetrix in the development of their new GD&T Advisor.

From Sigmetrix:

GD&T Advisor is an interactive software tool that provides expert guidance on the correct application of GD&T. It guides designers through a standards-based application of GD&T from within the CAD environment, increasing GD&T standards conformity and accuracy while reducing the time to apply GD&T by 75%.

The interactive help feature created by Effective Training, Inc., provides instructive, educational support, consisting of a content-sensitive user guide that links to an entire GD&T Encyclopedia.  The model-centric, “intelligent” annotations created can then be repurposed, with the full GD&T meta-data applied in the downstream processes, including computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided inspection (CAI).

According to Sigmetrix President, Tim Bogard, “Collaborating with ETI guaranteed the best domain expertise and most effective GD&T educational solution available.  Up until now, no other company has been able to assemble the correct pieces to develop what users have sought for years – a revolutionary improvement in how GD&T standards are applied within the CAD system to produce functionally effective designs.”

Sigmetrix is a global provider of comprehensive, easy-to-use software solutions that help users achieve robust designs through tolerance analysis and the correct application of GD&T. With implementation in more than 40 countries, Sigmetrix’s software enables the world’s leading product manufacturers in multiple industries to produce over 100,000 parts every year.

Read more about the GD&T Advisor at the Sigmetrix website.

There’s a new product for sale in our July Web Special…

Buy our new 2009 GD&T fundamentals digital kit for 20% off the regular price, a savings of $599. Order here.

ETI’s Fundamentals of GD&T Using Critical Thinking Skills Digital Instructor’s Kit
(Based on ASME Y14.5-2009).
The 2009 GD&T Fundamentals Instructor’s Kit is a start-to-finish performance-based training package for GD&T that includes more than 1000 full-color projectable slides, a printable 3-day course agenda, handouts, and answers to the textbook exercises—all accessible with the click of a mouse.

No more searching through slides during lecture or reorganizing them after class: these materials are always right where you need them, when you need them.

About the course:
Students receive step-by-step instruction in GD&T fundamentals with detailed explanations of each topic, GD&T symbols and definitions, and practice exercises. They also learn to apply GD&T to industry-standard drawings.

The course is cross-referenced with Alex’s Fundamentals of GD&T Using Critical Thinking Skills textbook. Each of the digital kit’s 27 lessons focuses on a major topic that must be mastered to be fluent in the fundamentals of geometric tolerancing. Each goal is defined and supported by a set of performance objectives. There are more than 260 performance objectives that describe specific, observable, measurable actions that the student must accomplish to demonstrate mastery of each goal and are a key to success for both the student and the instructor.

This is a must-have training tool for any GD&T instructor. Order in July and save!

Read more about the Program Topics and System Requirements.

Order here.

ETI’s July 2012 Web Special: Purchase The Fundamentals of GD&T Using Critical Thinking Skills Digital Instructor’s Kit by midnight EST July 31, 2012, and receive 20% off the regular price – a savings of $599. No other discounts apply.