Planning on being there! PB -----Original Message----- From: Susy Webb [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] Houston Chapter meeting Next General Meeting Tuesday May, 8th 2001 6:30pm Social 7:00pm Meeting Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing For Printed Circuit Boards with John A. Sabo Coming to the Tracy Gee Community Center (see map below). Drinks and light snacks provided, courtesy of the Houston IPC Designers Council Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Printed Circuit Boards Would you like to give your suppliers 57% more tolerance without negatively affecting the form and fit of your PCB? You could, by applying GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) to your PCB fabrication drawings. This session will present the basics of GD&T, as well as some specifics as they apply to PCBs, along with some recommendations of appropriate values Geometric tolerancing is based on ASME Y14.5M-1994. Application of this standard is becoming the preferred method of dimensioning. This also will introduce you to IPC 2615, Printed Board Dimensions and Tolerances. After this session, you should be able to dimension and tolerance a basic PCB, without incurring unnecessarily tight tolerances or additional costs. Target Audience: Anyone who creates or reads PCB Drawings. Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Located one block east of the Sam Houston Tollway between Richmond and Westpark Please RSVP Paul Danna at [log in to unmask] (281)518-6735 or Susy Webb at [log in to unmask] (281)875-1500 ext.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------