The 3D dimensional analysis and quality control solution to gain control of your product engineering and manufacturing process
PolyWorks|InspectorTM is a universal 3D dimensional analysis and quality control software solution to control tool or part dimensions, diagnose and prevent manufacturing and assembly issues, guide assembly building through real-time measurements, and oversee the quality of assembled products by using portable metrology devices and CNC CMMs.
Universal Software Platform
With just one software to master, dramatically reduce your operational costs by increasing measurement specialist competency, eliminating metrology silos, boosting employee mobility, and improving overall teamwork efficiency.
Interface with all 3D measurement devices thanks to a universal digitizing hub
- Operate all portable probing devices through direct hardware plug-ins
- Interface with all point cloud scanning devices through direct hardware plug-ins or measurement file import
- Connect to major brands of CNC CMMs through direct drivers or I++
- Integrate measurements performed with digital gauges as well as visual checks
Perform all inspection tasks using a universal 3D metrology workflow
- Follow the same planning process for both portable and CNC CMM metrology
- Use the Play Inspection technology to execute autogenerated or user-defined measurement sequences
- Leverage the 3D Control Reviewer and dynamic updateable inspection reports to implement a measurement-control-centric reporting workflow
Deploy universal inspection projects playable on any 3D measurement device
- Preconfigure the measurement workflow for all your measurement devices with piece measurement templates
- Predefine multiple measurement templates within one inspection project
- Adapt measurement objects and sequences to different measurement principles automatically with conversion tools
Complete Dimensional Analysis and Quality Control Toolbox
Surface and cross section best-fit – Best-fit measured surfaces and cross-sections to their nominal definition, with the option of constraining in rotation, translation, or within a tolerance zone.
Measurement object best-fit – Construct your alignment from features, datum targets, surface points, or edge points, and use weights and axial constraints to optimize the results.
Multiple device position alignment – Align your 3D measurement device while compensating for temperature changes, and use bundle adjustment to maximize the global accuracy.
Universal data handling – Extract measured dimensions from point clouds, polygonal models, or probed points, and nominal dimensions from a CAD model or a measured part.
Deviation analysis using color maps – Obtain surface, boundary, cross-sectional, or thickness measured-to-nominal deviations, and analyze them through a color map display.
Feature-based dimensioning – Measure a feature’s diameter, position, or orientation, or distances and angles between two features, in 2D or in 3D, and configure the dimensions’ display intuitively.
Smart GD&T – Benefit from a smart GD&T engine based on the latest ASME and ISO standards, with advanced DRF, material condition, datum modifier, and tolerance zone capabilities.
Profile and Flush & Gap gauging – Evaluate advanced dimensions on fillets, design feature lines, and sheet metal part assemblies, such as radius, angle, bending, sharpness, flush, and gap.
Airfoil gauging – Extract advanced features on fan, compressor, and turbine blades to control and analyze dimensions, such as edge radius, thickness, length, width, angle, and area.
Multipiece data management – Measure multiple pieces using different 3D measurement devices, and store them in a single project folder using an optimal format that minimizes disk space usage.
Play Inspection tool – Use the powerful Play Inspection and Sequence Editor tools to automate measurement workflows by ordering and triggering operations.
Macro scripting – Add macro scripts to your measurement workflows to apply proprietary techniques, provide special feedback, or interconnect to other systems.
Control views – Organize projects containing hundreds of dimensional and GD&T controls into small and logical groups of controls, with individual controls tied to specific alignments and coordinate systems.
First-article inspection – Access a global list of controls sorted by characteristic index, and display critical results in 3D with the preferred point of view for easier dimensional analysis and reporting.
Statistical Process Control (SPC) – Assess the repeatability and predictability of your manufacturing processes with multipiece statistics automatically calculated for object dimensions and surface deviations.
Market-leading Portable Metrology Platform
Renowned for the power and stability of its direct hardware interfaces, PolyWorks|Inspector offers an extensive set of guidance technologies that the world’s largest manufacturing OEMs trust to implement efficient, precise, and repeatable measurement processes for portable metrology devices.
Maximize the productivity of your scanning arms – Tens of thousands of portable arm operators worldwide enjoy the reliability and efficiency of uor scanning and probing workflows every day.
Leverage our disruptive laser tracker innovations – We provide innovative laser-tracker based scanning technologies that greatly accelerate the analysis and dimensional control of your large parts and tools.
Scan large structures rapidly using speherical digitizing – Minimize rework time when assembling large aerospace structures by scanning them using a spherical grid digitizer and simulating the assembly process before hand.
Tailor measurement methods to your processes – Integrate additional measurement device or in-house proprietary measurement techniques by creating and embedding macro scripts within your measurement objects.
Generate high-quality surfacen scans – Produce great scanning results under air circumstances thanks to our unique real-time quality meshing technology that computes and displays quality metrics in real time.
Ensure sufficient scanned data for reliable feature extraction – Get real-time feedback on scanned surface, curve, and circumference coverage with guidance graphics that indicate where an operator should capture additional scans.
Implement repeatable probing workflows – Use images, text, 3D graphic, and tolerances to deploy guided probing inspection projects that improve operator efficiency and ensure measurement repeatability on the shop floor.
Guide assembly building with real-time measurements – Accurately track part location during assembly using digital readouts simultaneously digital readouts simultaneously displaying real-time measured reflector positions from multiple laser trackers.
High-productivity CNC CMM Solution
PolyWorks|Inspector has reinvented the way inspection projects are set up and executed on CNC CMMs, within a flexible, user-friendly, and efficient CNC CMM operational paradigm, similar to the one we offer for portable metrology devices.
Reduce the complexity of your CMM programming tasks – We deliver shorter and easy-to understand CNC CMM sequences, as our nominal features, dimensions, and reports area created and managed outside of the sequence editor.
Accelerate the sequencing process while staying in control – Select objects to be measured and let the sequence editor automatically find the proper tool orientations, the optimal measurement oder, and collision-free measurement paths.
Fix sequencing mistakes intuitively – Our intelligent sequence editor provides immediate feedback when illogical or incorrect operations are detected, and lets your repair detected mistakes in a single click.
Avoid potential collisions automatically – We offer powerful collision analysis and avoudance technologies that detect potential tool collisions in real time and automatically modify the toolpaths to prevent them.
Configure a CNC CMM sequence for any machine in your park – Build your measurement sequence once for a specific CNC CMM configuration, then use our conversion tool to automatically adapt in to any CNC CMM brand or type.
Protect your CNC CMM and its accessories – Avoid costly damages by detecting, in real time, potential tool collisions with part or fixtures prior to launching a CNC measurement operation online.
Add measurement objects to a sequence effortlessly – To perform additional measurements, just create and select new measurement objects and let the sequence editor optimally insert them within your CNC CMM sequence.
Complement your CNC CMM projects with portable metrology data – Use a portable laser scanner to measure the fixtures for collision analysis porposes, or a scanning arm to measure surfaces and features that can’t be reached by the CMM.