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FIGURE 4.9 Form error and setup error for sculptured surface.<br />

2. Calculate the Euclidean distance from the measured point to the points of 1/4 and 3/4 location<br />

3. Assign the shortest distance point as the nearest point (Qi � Ri). 4. Choose the subsection having the shortest distance point for further subdivision.<br />

5. Calculate � | ( Qi � Ri) where is the currently determined<br />

nearest point and is the previously determined nearest point.<br />

6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 until the calculated � is not greater than the assigned tolerance.<br />

n ( )<br />

n 1<br />

( Qi � Ri) � ( ) � � | , ( Qi � Ri) n ( )<br />

n 1<br />

( Qi � Ri) � ( )<br />

Profile Tolerance (Form Error) Evaluation<br />

When the actual measurement points are found, the Euclidean distance can be calculated using Equation<br />

(4.27), and the dimensional errors for the parts can be obtained from the Euclidean distance data. There<br />

are two types of error in the sculpture surface affecting dimensional accuracy of the products: (1) The<br />

form error (profile tolerance), which is one of the characteristics unique to the sculptured surface, and<br />

(2) The setup error involved in tilting or translation of the sculptured surface. Generally, the form error<br />

and the setup error are combined to give the dimensional errors for the sculptured surface. The relationship<br />

between the profile tolerance (form error) and the setup error is illustrated in Figure 4.9. In the<br />

case of mold cavity manufacturing, the profile tolerance is unique to the machined cavity of the sculptured<br />

surface, and the setup error is associated with the adjustment of the cavity in the mold.<br />

As an ex<strong>amp</strong>le of the metrological meaning of the setup error, consider the case of flatness analysis of<br />

a plane. A mathematically defined reference plane is derived so that the maximum deviation is minimum<br />

for all possible transformations, and thus the evaluated maximum deviation is unique to the plane.<br />

Similarly, a mathematically defined sculptured surface having a setup error from the CAD-defined<br />

sculptured surface can be determined so that the maximum Euclidean distance is minimum for all<br />

possible transformations.<br />

For the given total error of sculptured surface, the form error and the setup error are dependent on<br />

the transformation matrix T because the Euclidean distance between the measurement points and the<br />

CAD-defined points is dependent on the T matrix as in Equation (4.27). The transformation matrix T<br />

is also dependent on the actual measurement points, (Q i � R i). Thus recursive iteration can be used for<br />

determining the transformation matrix and the Euclidean distance. For a trial transformation matrix T<br />

the trial form error D can be calculated as the maximum distance between the measurement points and<br />

the points on the offset curve:<br />

D max|T (4.28)<br />

An optimal transformation matrix T can be found such that the trial form error D is minimum, which<br />

is the profile tolerance. Thus, the profile tolerance is<br />

1 � � Pi � ( Qi � Ri) | for i � 1, 2,…, n<br />

Profile tolerance �<br />

min D for all possible transformation<br />

(4.29)

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