{"id":37379,"date":"2018-04-18T13:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/?p=37379"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:38:03","slug":"solid-models-dimensioned-drawings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid Models and Dimensioned Drawings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I started designed sheet metal parts and the tooling to make, the best technology available to use was a good mechanical pencil and electric eraser. Time has moved us forward into the world where we now model parts instead of drawing parts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36866 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog1.png 612w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog1-400x246.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sheet metal model of formed open end louvers.<\/p>\n<p>These model parts exist in 3-dimensions and we can manipulate them any way we choose. We create assemblies from the modeled components. We can verify all aspects of the fit and functions of each component and the assemblies through animations to show how it will function in use. All this can be done before manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37269 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog2.png 690w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog2-400x533.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Open end louver form tool assembly<\/p>\n<p>The models can be used in manufacturing to develop fixtures and programs because they present the actual part in 3 dimensions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37358 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog3.png 729w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog3-400x282.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Solid model of item 4, upper insert<\/p>\n<p>Models do have a significant drawback as they don&#8217;t generally communicate dimensions, tolerances and design intent. For that we still need to make a drawing to show critical features, dimensional relationship and tolerances needed to verify the fit and function of the part. The drawing contains the information needed to inspect the finished part and verify it is correct.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37367 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4.png 818w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4-400x401.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Drawing of item 4, upper insert, with dimensions and tolerances<\/p>\n<p>Models are a powerful tool to design and manufacture products in our high tech world but dimension and tolerances, much like those I put on vellum with my trusty pencil and lettering template, are still a critical part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started designed sheet metal parts and the tooling to make, the best technology available to use was a good mechanical pencil and electric eraser. Time has moved us forward into the world where we now model parts instead of drawing parts. Sheet metal model of formed open end louvers. These model parts exist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":37371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4665],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punch-press-tooling-de"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solid Models and Dimensioned Drawings - Mate Precision Technologies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When I started designed sheet metal parts and the tooling to make, the best technology available to use was a good mechanical pencil and electric eraser.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solid Models and Dimensioned Drawings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When I started designed sheet metal parts and the tooling to make, the best technology available to use was a good mechanical pencil and electric eraser.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mate Precision Technologies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MatePrecisionTechnologies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-18T18:15:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T15:38:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"818\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis Lowry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mateprecision\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mateprecision\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis Lowry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dennis Lowry\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/a473bdbaae6a51ac55c69c8a9051837b\"},\"headline\":\"Solid Models and Dimensioned Drawings\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-18T18:15:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T15:38:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\"},\"wordCount\":254,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/blog4.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Punch Press Tooling Category\"],\"inLanguage\":\"de-DE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mate.com\/de\/solid-models-dimensioned-drawings\/\",\"name\":\"Solid Models and Dimensioned Drawings - 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