Integrated 3D Part Measurement and Inspection Reporting

End-to-end integration streamlines inspection reporting. Inspectors no longer need to spend hours typing inspection information from a 2D drawing into another program for measurement planning, or hand copy results from one inspection report into another report.

InspectionXpert Corporation (Apex, NC) and Verisurf Software, Inc. (Anaheim, CA) have integrated the strengths of 3D measurement with automated inspection reporting by streamlining the first article and production inspection process from 2D drawings to automated 3D measurement and reporting.

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The integration combines:

• the efficiency of InspectionXpert’s powerful data extraction, ballooning, and reporting tool for quickly capturing dimensional information from 2D drawings, and
• the strength and flexibility of Verisurf’s 3D inspection and measurement solution and real-time interface with any coordinate measuring machine or 3D scanner.

“The beauty of this integration is how it helps quality inspectors who are faced with inspection dimensions and notes that are only available in a 2D drawing, such as pdf or tiff files,” explains Jeff Cope, the president and chief technical officer of InspectionXpert. “Now the inspector no longer needs to spend hours typing inspection information into Verisurf from a 2D drawing in order to program their measurement plan or hand copy results from inspection reports into an InspectionXpert AS9102 report. This is a huge time saver for quality departments.”

The Process
(1) InspectionXpert quickly balloons the 2D drawing, creating the unique IDs for Verisurf’s measurement plan, and the powerful OCR extracts inspection information from the drawing.
(2) Inspection information is then published to Verisurf where the inspector can easily match the drawing dimension to the 3D model, create the measurement plan and begin the 3D inspection.
(3) When the 3D inspection is complete, the results can be exported from Verisurf in a variety of formats or imported back into InspectionXpert to create standard or custom inspection report formats for AS9102 and PPAP.
(4) The inspection plan is saved automating all subsequent production inspections in a highly repeatable process and can be published to inspection results databases such as Net-Inspect.

“This partnership and integration automates the 2D and 3D inspection process, reduces data entry errors and saves manufacturers significant time and money producing first article inspection reports.” states Ernie Husted, the president and chief executive officer of Verisurf. “The benefits really multiply in production because the inspection plans are already created and are highly repeatable.”

Verisurf Software is a three-dimensional measurement solutions company, committed to delivering advanced computer-aided surface analysis, inspection, tool building, assembly guidance and reverse engineering solutions. Verisurf software helps manufacturers produce higher quality products in less time and at a lower cost with automated, 3D Model-Based processes. www.verisurf.com

Since 2004, InspectionXpert Corporation has developed productivity enhancement tools for manufacturing and quality inspection. InspectionXpert software automates ballooning and inspection reporting for AS9102, First Article, PPAP and production inspections.

The company serves the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, oil and gas, and medical device industries and their supply chains including contract manufacturers and job shops. www.inspectionxpert.com