One of the design challenges is taking a busy part and applying clean syntax throughout the entire drawing without making any mistakes.

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

One of the design challenges is taking a busy part and applying clean syntax throughout the entire drawing without making any mistakes.

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

IIGDT and Kotem announce the next release of the Evolve suite of productivity software. IIGDT has developed a series of informative and detailed web pages to demonstrate the new capabilities of the Evolve Suite v10.0.

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

IIGDT announces the release of EVOLVE software suite from KOTEM optimizes design, production and inspection processes enabling manufacturers to shorten product design & development time, improve quality, and reduce costs through improved efficiency...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

36th Annual MeetingMonday
November 1, 2021 – Friday, November 5, 2021
Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, the Depot – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

GD&T Chart per ASME Y14.5M-2009

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Measuring for Proof of Compliance -vs- Process Feedback

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Are Machinists & Inspectors Truly Measuring Size Correctly?

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

IIGDT Seminar Series : February - April 2020

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

IIGDT Seminar Series; August - November 2019

IIGDT Reference Manuals

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Measuring for Proof of Compliance -vs- Process Feedback

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Are Machinists & Inspectors Truly Measuring Size Correctly?

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

IIGDT Seminar Series : February - April 2019

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Measuring for Proof of Compliance -vs- Process Feedback

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Are Machinists & Inspectors Truly Measuring Size Correctly?

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

Budgetary planning...are all the pieces coming together?

Does the current budget include training for GD&T across the various departments?

IIGDT Seminar Series : February - April 2018

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT consulting services

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

Measuring for Proof of Compliance -vs- Process Feedback

When I first started as an inspector I thought my job was principally to determine if a manufactured part conformed to the specification requirements defined on the engineering drawing.

Are Machinists & Inspectors Truly Measuring Size Correctly?

Do you have machinsts that feel they produce holes in parts correctly to engineering requirements but the inspectors provides feedback to the machinist, in the form of a reject tag, that the part does not conform?

"Precision GD&T" as the Basis for Supporting “Engineering Economics”

In Dr. Hetland’s opinion, 80%+ of all mechanical discrete part engineering drawings, "do not" optimally reflect design / functional intent clearly.

Definition of Quality to the following disciplines?

Designers expect all features conform to their specification requirements within the allowable tolerances they’ve specified on the drawings and supporting specifications.

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT Consulting Services

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Bringing your suppliers into the GD&T fold is a valuable tool for any company...

Financial implications would be the high-risk associated with companies using gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) .

Every company has a chain of teams depending on each other to make the end product a success.

Budgetary Planning - Cost benefit Analysis of GD&T Training at Your Facility -vs- employees attending Public Seminars

GD&T Chart per ASME Y14.5M-2009

IIGDT Seminar Series : September-November 2015

IIGDT Informative Links

IIGDT Seminar Series : August-September 2015

GD&T Chart per ASME Y14.5M-2009

IIGDT Seminar Series : August 2015

ASME Y14.5, ISO 1101 and QS-9000 Compliant Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Symbol Font.

Do you disagree with your customers or suppliers measurement data?

How many times have customers disagreed with measurement results from suppliers or visa-versa? How many of us can relate to parts being rejected that we know still work or parts that are accepted but do not work?

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

Bringing your suppliers into the GD&T fold is a valuable tool for any company that reaches beyond its border for products and services...

Financial implications would be the high-risk associated with companies using gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) .

Every company has a chain of teams depending on each other to make the end product a success.

Budgetary planning...are all the pieces coming together?

Does the current budget include training for GD&T across the various departments?

Leadership starts at the Executive level

Understanding business implications starts at the executive level and driving leadership practices must be embraced and led by example.

Solutions for the Growth Oriented Manufacturing Industry

IIGDT brings you an informative seminar designed for company Executives to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

Are you asking the right questions from your engineering team?

Asking the right questions ensures that everyone in the engineering team understands the full implication to the process chain of their actions.

IIGDT consulting services

IIGDT Consulting Services reviews your current in-house implementation of GD&T to identify areas...

IIGDT GD&T Wall Chart

IIGDT has released a new GD&T Symbol Chart supporting the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard. Since the original chart was issued based on the 1994 standard several changes....

Travel to seminars often held in remote cities weighs heavily on the justification for training. Additional considerations are number of participants that require training to truly adopt GD&T...

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams bring products to market quicker and more efficiently. But what if the individual team members...

IIGDT is again collaborating with regional training centers in New Zeeland and Australia focusing on our courses in Eight Tracks to GD&T Expertise starting with...

Bringing your suppliers into the GD&T fold is a valuable tool for any company that reaches beyond its border for products and services...

Financial implications would be the high-risk associated with companies using gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) .

Every company has a chain of teams depending on each other to make the end product a success.

Helping your company to speak the same GD&T language from design to quality.

Business Planning for 2013 to Aggressively Enhance Technical Training.

Travel to Seminars often held in remote cities weigh heavily on the justification for training.

Training is the foundation that builds quality, profitability and customer satisfaction. IIGDT understands this same philosophy can easily be applied throughout the company.

ASME Y14.5, ISO 1101 and QS-9000 Compliant Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Symbol Font.

Tolerancing Optimization & Analysis is designed to apply tolerancing optimization techniques using multiple analytical methods to a wide variety of components and sub-assemblies, from the very simple to the more complex analysis.

Public Training Seminars are being held in Minnesota, North Dakota and California during August and September. Look for a seminar that will help you to reach your GD&T compliance goals.

Dr. Hetland delivers consulting and training services to your process chain to close the gap on the understanding, intent and application of GD&T.

IIGDT offers many training tools to assist in your professional growth. Reference Manuals that are well written to clarify the intent of the standards as they relate to GD&T.

2012 is an exciting time for GD&T Training in the Mid-West. IIGDT and Productivity Quality Inc. have partnered to offer several training programs to advance and help reduce quality related problems within your organization.

Bringing GD&T training programs into your company provides a valuable tool in the understanding of GD&T across all departments.

Tolerancing Optimization & Analysis is designed to apply tolerancing optimization techniques using multiple analytical methods to a wide variety of components and sub-assemblies, from the very simple to the more complex analysis.

Today's design, manufacturing and quality engineers are faced with the seemingly impossible task of clearly communicating the increasing complexity of surface geometries...

In 2012 IIGDT is expanding into regional training centers in North Dakota, California and the home base in Minneapolis.

ASME Y14.5, ISO 1101 and QS-9000 Compliant Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Symbol Font.

Building on the launch of the 8-Track to GD&T Expertise program, Dr. Hetland brings to your business an educational program based on job responsibility to focus your employees toward embracing GD&T effectively.

In the September issue, Dr. Hetland focuses on the "Level 6—GD&T - Tolerancing Optimization & Analysis". Understanding the proper assignment of tolerance values during the engineering and design phase is a key component to delivering a quality and cost effective solutions to your customers.

Building on the launch of the 8-Track to GD&T Expertise program, Dr. Hetland brings to your business an educational program based on job responsibility to focus your employees toward embracing GD&T effectively.

IIGDT and GATRAD Cal-Test Laboratories and Research have joined to bring an informative seminar designed for company Executives in India to highlight the business implications of GD&T and the importance on improving the product development cycle and customer/supplier relationships.

In the June issue, Dr. Hetland introduces "Education Tracks prioritized by Job Function". Understanding the proper interpretation or intent of GD&T is not equally shared in all disciplines of the process chain. This starts at management and moves down through design, engineering, manufacturing to inspection.

In the May issue, we are focusing on the Applied Dimensional Metrology course designed to bridge the gap between GD&T application and the instruments and techniques to effectively and confidently measure correctly.

IIGDT has developed series of Training Manuals designed to enhance your understanding of GD&T. Training models are also thoughtfully designed to visualize the implementation of GD&T in real-world examples.

IIGDT has developed a multi-step Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Seminar Series built upon years of proven experience in training new users in the fundamental to advanced topics of GD&T.

ASME Y14.5, ISO 1101 and QS-9000 Compliant Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Symbol Font.

IIGDT has developed a multi-step Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Seminar Series built upon years of proven experience in training new users in the fundamental to advanced topics of GD&T.

IIGDT has developed a multi-step Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Seminar Series built upon years of proven experience in training new users in the fundamental to advanced topics of GD&T.

IIGDT has developed a multi-step Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Seminar Series built upon years of proven experience in training new users in the fundamental to advanced topics of GD&T.

IIGDT has developed a multi-step Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Seminar Series built upon years of proven experience in training new users in the fundamental to advanced topics of GD&T.

NACMA and IIGDT wishes to invite you to participate in the 2010 North American Coordinate Metrology Association (NACMA)* annual workshop on August 4, 5, & 6 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are very pleased to announce that Medtronic Inc. will be our host for the event.