This report is designed as a practical guide for engineers, drafters, and quality control inspectors to understand, apply, and inspect tolerances based on this standard.
The "K" designation refers to the general geometrical tolerances. It controls features such as straightness, flatness, perpendicularity, and symmetry when specific Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) callouts are not used.
Under ISO 2768-m, the allowable deviation depends on the nominal size of the dimension. The tolerance is symmetrical (plus/minus).
This section covers linear dimensions (lengths, widths, diameters) as well as angular dimensions. The standard is divided into four classes based on precision: