Control X Archives - Cimquest Inc. https://cimquest-inc.com/category/3d-scanning-reverse-engineering/control-x/ Tomorrow's Manufacturing Today Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Performing a Datum Alignment using Control X https://cimquest-inc.com/performing-a-datum-alignment-using-control-x/ https://cimquest-inc.com/performing-a-datum-alignment-using-control-x/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:04:29 +0000 https://cimquest-inc.com/?p=46809 Performing a Datum Alignment using Control X Before the scan of a manufactured part can be inspected using Control X, it must first be  aligned to its nominal CAD model.  The nominal CAD model represents the ‘perfect’ shape.  Once aligned, all of the Control X inspection functions, including Color maps, Whisker plots, 2D and 3D [...]

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]]> https://cimquest-inc.com/performing-a-datum-alignment-using-control-x/feed/ 0 How Flat is Flat Enough? – Verifying Flatness of a CNC Face-Milled Surface https://cimquest-inc.com/how-flat-is-flat-enough-verifying-flatness-of-a-cnc-face-milled-surface/ https://cimquest-inc.com/how-flat-is-flat-enough-verifying-flatness-of-a-cnc-face-milled-surface/#respond Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:15 +0000 https://cimquest-inc.com/?p=46765 Let’s say that this water pump cover needs to lie flat against its mating surface to within a specific GD&T Flatness Callout. We’ve seen, in the past, that Control X can check for GD&T Callout information and return pass/fail conditions.  But we can also use Control X to determine the amount that a part is [...]

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]]> https://cimquest-inc.com/how-flat-is-flat-enough-verifying-flatness-of-a-cnc-face-milled-surface/feed/ 0 Batch Processing – Unmanned Inspections https://cimquest-inc.com/batch-processing-unmanned-inspections/ https://cimquest-inc.com/batch-processing-unmanned-inspections/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:03:31 +0000 https://cimquest-inc.com/?p=46621 We’ve seen how to inspect the scan of a single, manufactured part against an inspection plan generated using a nominal CAD model.   But what if we have many manufactured part scans to inspect against the same inspection plan, using the same nominal CAD model. That’s where Batch Processing comes in. The exact same [...]

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]]> https://cimquest-inc.com/batch-processing-unmanned-inspections/feed/ 0 Control X – Repositioning a Crankshaft https://cimquest-inc.com/control-x-repositioning-a-crankshaft/ https://cimquest-inc.com/control-x-repositioning-a-crankshaft/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:06:53 +0000 https://cimquest-inc.com/?p=43408   Control X – Repositioning a Crankshaft In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we explore how to reposition the nominal CAD model in Oqton's Control X so that inspection information is reported based upon the main assembly’s coordinate system and not the local subassembly. We use a crankshaft as our sample.

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