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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, ISO GPS can play a role in technical and legal assessments, for example when determining whether a product complies with recognised rules of technology […]

Practical tip: How are ISO GPS and MBD connected?
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?

Practical tip: Undated (floating) 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

Practical tip: Standard setting (default)
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

Practical tip: Tolerancing of non-dimensionally stable parts
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

New course: Tolerancing of plastic moulded parts
09.02.2026

With the publication of our new in-depth course on the tolerancing of plastic moulded parts, we are expanding our range of courses to include a topic that often leads to uncertainties in practice. Plastic components represent a challenge due to their material

Practical tip: Differentiation of dimensions
14.01.2026

With technical progress, components are being manufactured ever more precisely. As a result, simple descriptions with classic plus-minus tolerances are no longer sufficient in many cases, as they are no longer unambiguous in these deviation ranges.

Practical tip: Entering a reference coordinate system
29.11.2025

With the publication of the revised ISO 5459 in October 2024, which has also been available as DIN EN ISO 5459 since December 2025, there is, in addition to the new default for the