Patent ID: 8307528

Claim:
A method of making parts with a predetermined tolerance relationship to one another, comprising: providing a measurement device; providing a first part; mounting said first part in relation to said measuring device; producing rotational and translational movement as between said measurement device and said first part; generating a first data set with the measuring device representing at least a first parameter of said first part, said first data set having as an input a distance between a reference point and the surface of said first part; generating a second data set with the measuring device representing at least a second parameter of said first part, said second data set having as an input a distance between opposing points on the surface of said first part; determining, based on said second data set, at least a dimension of said first part, and, based on said first data set, at least one geometric error representative of said first part shape, wherein said determining includes the elimination of at least one of a tilt error and a positional error; and manufacturing a second part based on a combination of said at least one dimension and said at least one geometric error.