In that case, the tangent plane modifier makes sense. It does not give us a âbonus toleranceâ as the MMC modifier does with features of size, but it does have the advantage of being more forgiving of the surfaceâs form error. The following is an illustration of the possible error that would be allowed by the tangent plane modifier:
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