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These are the 6 things you absolutely must know about GPS!
30.07.2026

What is ISO GPS? GPS stands for Geometric Product Specification. This refers to a set of international standards known as the ISO GPS system. The standards contain symbols

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Is ISO GPS compulsory?
25.06.2026
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How are ISO, GPS and MBD linked?
22.05.2026
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Undated (rolling) reference for new general tolerances
23.04.2026

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Knowledge
These are the 6 things you absolutely must know about GPS!
30.07.2026

What is ISO GPS? GPS stands for Geometric Product Specification. This refers to a set of international standards known as the ISO GPS system. The standards contain symbols

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Is ISO GPS compulsory?
25.06.2026

No, ISO GPS is not, in itself, a legal requirement. ISO GPS becomes binding primarily when it is referred to in drawings, contracts, customer specifications, terms of delivery or internal company standards. Furthermore,

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How are ISO, GPS and MBD linked?
22.05.2026

Digital product development is becoming increasingly important in many companies. Terms such as Model-Based Definition, MBD for short, or Model-Based Enterprise, MBE for short, are cropping up with increasing frequency. But what do these terms mean?

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Undated (rolling) reference for new general tolerances
23.04.2026

With the replacement of ISO 2768-2 and ISO 1302, for example, the issue of specifying standard numbers without a date on drawings has become even more prominent. In both cases

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Default setting
11.03.2026

The default principle of DIN EN ISO 8015 defines a procedure that minimises the number of entries in the specification. It is specified that if

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Tolerances for parts that are not dimensionally stable
12.02.2026

The rules for tolerancing and measurement in the ISO GPS system apply in principle to rigid workpieces. This means that these parts do not deform of their own accord unless additional