# GD&T Drawings

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526 "2021-06-26T03:43:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![16ohm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/278dde/32.png) [@16ohm](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/16ohm)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/1 "2021-06-26T03:43:04Z")

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There does not appear to be a way to add geometric tolerances to drawings.

No drawing is complete without this essential defining information. Not only is there no tool to add tolerances for flatness, concentricity, perpendicularity and other basic drawing specs but if you copy and paste the unicode characters for the standard necessary symbols into a drawing note they do not show up on the drawing.

Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![shaprben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@shaprben](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shaprben)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/2 "2022-01-14T05:55:27Z")

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I am also wondering if there’s any way to tolerance drawings. Ping on this

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**Author:** ![tommyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tommyn/32/1714_2.png) [@tommyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tommyn)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/3 "2022-01-14T14:07:59Z")

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Agree on the importance here. Particularly if one is having something fabricated by a 3rd party.

Best,

Tom

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**Author:** ![Vik\_89135](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@Vik\_89135](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vik_89135)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/4 "2022-07-17T14:08:55Z")

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I love Shapr 3D, but GD&T is one key reason holding me back from subscription. I am using Fusion 360 for a more complete experience.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/5 "2022-11-14T14:13:35Z")

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Tolerances are here!

> [@5.260 - Increase modeling precision with updated tools and features](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-260-increase-modeling-precision-with-updated-tools-and-features/22368):
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> Learn about the new features and improvements in this release. New: You can now add size tolerances to your 2D drawings for more precision in manufacturing your product within a dimension range. New: Get more variety in Visualization with the new Dark Salon environment. Improved: Splines now have a more fluid interaction for better control. Draw, break, and join splines without needing to use pen or pencil pressure taps. New polyline displays help guide the shape of the curve you create whe…

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**Author:** ![Matt\_the-Rathje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Matt\_the-Rathje](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Matt_the-Rathje)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/6 "2022-11-14T15:54:03Z")

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> [@tommyn](#):
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> Agree on the importance here. Particularly if one is having something fabricated by a 3rd party.

But in this case it does not end here (with dimensional tolerances) - then we’ll need **geometric tolerances** as stated by @16ohm and therefor also datums they refer to…  
… and symbols for surface-finish, maybe weld-symbols…

… not to mention section-views, detail-views, view-breaks…

The drawing-functionality holds a lot of work for the Shapr3D-Team. 😉  
Cheers Matt

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**Author:** ![Vik\_89135](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@Vik\_89135](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Vik_89135)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/gd-t-drawings/13526/7 "2023-01-26T19:52:07Z")

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Still missing Datum feature, but I can see the improvements in tolerance.