3D Printing

3D inspection capabilities on Geomagic Control X software

3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced Geomagic® Control X software for 3D inspection and metrology.

3D Systems Geomagic Control X is intuitive software with a comprehensive and innovative toolset for the professional metrology process. It includes traceable, accurate and customizable reporting and analysis tools.

Key features include:

—New Synchronous and Assembly Inspection tools: Geomagic Control X enables fast, accurate, unordered inspection and automatically generates editable, history-based inspection trees for repeatable inspections. Expand inspections to full product assemblies with a complete range of measurement, tolerance stacking and other analysis tools.

—New User Interface: A refreshed user interface makes it easier to find and use the entire range of options for measuring and analyzing parts.

Geomagic® Control X™ delivers the industry’s most powerful inspection tools within straightforward workflows
Geomagic® Control X™ delivers the industry’s most powerful inspection tools within straightforward workflows

–New Walk-up Probing for greater productivity: Geomagic Control X now enables walk-up probing alongside pre-planned probing for fast results.

—Improved CAD-Aware Dimensioning, Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) Support and Comprehensive Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Callouts: Intuitive dimensioning based on CAD features delivers increased efficiency while advanced PMI and GD&T support facilitate results interpretation to keep all stakeholders on the same page.

–New Multiple Results Analysis: Simultaneous analysis using multiple results and mating parts for faster comparison, analysis and understanding of root causes behind existing production issues.

Geomagic® Control X™ delivers unparalleled ease-of-use and comprehension for 3D inspection in any manufacturing workflow
Geomagic® Control X™ delivers unparalleled ease-of-use and comprehension for 3D inspection in any manufacturing workflow

—New Custom Report Definition: Highly flexible report definition makes compiling unique data sets fast and simple.

—Repeatable Probing Processes with LiveInspect™: Build repeatability and reliability into your inspection processes with LiveInspect. Geomagic Control X allows you to pre-plan your inspection processes and reporting for portable CMMs, and execute them at a later date, again and again. Engineers can effortlessly switch between probing and scanning with a click of a button.

Geomagic Control X supports all industry-standard non-contact and optical scanners, and a range of portable probing and tactile devices. This software imports all major CAD file formats, including CATIA®, NX®, Creo®, Pro/ENGINEER®, SOLIDWORKS®, Solid Edge®, Autodesk Inventor® and more, in addition to PMI and GD&T data. All CAD importers are delivered at no additional cost. This software update is available to all active customers of 3D Systems’ Maintenance Program.

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