Tolerance decimal placements

Is there anyway to specify decimal placements for the min. and max.
variations in a bilateral tolerance separately? For instance, if I
want +0.005 to -0, instead of +0.005 to -0.000.

 

I guess the question I have is "Why?".

Matt

 

My bosses want it to look a certain way that's displayed in our
catalog (+0.005 to -0). Does 0.000 indicate a level of precision
different than 0? That's what they're concerned about.

 

My bosses want it to look a certain way that's displayed in our

There are NO degrees of nothing. zero = nothing. 3 zeroes = nothing.
Therefore zero = 3 zeroes = nothing.

Reaper.

 

Thank you.
What about if the prime dimension is a fraction. So, for your previous
example, is 5" +0.010/-0.005 accurate? And if so, can the two
variations of the tolerance have different decimal placements? Can I
do this in Solidworks: +0.01/-0.005

 

Could you please explain the rationale in the first and last example?

1) five hundred (500) +/-.005 is good
fifty (50) +/-.005 is not good

3) seven hundred fifty (750) /.748 is good [that's a huge tolerance!]
seventy-five (75) /.748 is not good [that's still a huge tolerance!]

What's missing here?

 

There are rules for fractional tolerancing as well, but these are not
what is being asked about.

Bruce, I think you missed the decimal point. it's 1/2", not 500 and
50. ...and 3/4", not 750 and 75.

Matt
sw.fcsuper.com

 

cadout,

Ditto to the other response. The proper Ansi way is keep the decimal
places the same throughout the dimension. If you are using inches in
your catalog, and use uneven decimal places, there's actually a chance
customers may mistake your drawing for metric, which would not be a
good thing at all.

Matt

 

Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it, will pass it along.

 

No decimal points showed on my screen. That's why the question.