Patent ID: 7248992

Claim:
A machine-readable medium for programming a computer to determine positional error and remaining feature relating tolerance for a plurality of manufactured external features, said medium including processor executable instructions comprising: determining a true position for each of said plurality of manufactured external features; determining a feature relating tolerance zone framework (FRTZF) from said true positions; determining a center for each of said plurality of manufactured external features; determining a size of each of said plurality of manufactured external features; fitting said FRTZF to said centers of said plurality of manufactured external features to determine a best fit framework; determining a transformed true position for each of said plurality of manufactured external features; superimposing each of said transformed true positions to form a one true position; determining the location of each of said plurality of manufactured external features relative to said one true position; determining a region encompassing said manufactured external features represented about said one true position; determining a first minimum circumscribing circle about said region; determining the diameter of said first minimum circumscribing circle; and determining said remaining feature related tolerance from said minimum circumscribing circle.