Metrology Minute

Planned vs. Achieved Results from Dental Aligners While most Control X users are inspecting mechanical parts by comparing the manufactured results to the nominal CAD model, there are many other uses for Control X, such as in the dental industry. We will explore some of the benefits of using Control X in the dental industry in this post. For example, companies that manufacture aligners have methods and algorithms in place for predicting what the final [...]

In past Metrology Minute articles, we discussed the ability to import PMI data into Control X using the File, Import PMI option. As a reminder, PMI (Product Manufacturing Information) allows dissimilar systems to share manufacturing information specifically related to dimensioning and tolerances. So, for example, a Solidworks user can add PMI to their Solidworks model (see example below) using the MBD tab and then that PMI information, including but not limited to; Datums, dimensions with [...]

When objects are scanned for inspection, Control X needs to be able to review the scan and extract analytic features from the scan. For instance, when measuring a radius, the software needs to be able to distinguish where one radius CAD feature ends and a new feature starts in order to perform an accurate measurement. Using the CAD model below as it example, it is comprised of many analytic features, such as cylinders, planes, tori, [...]

During your inspection process, you might find an area that you would like to blow up and highlight. In the water pump example below, we wanted to create a cutaway and zoom in on the section of the circled hole region in Control X. In order to do this in Design X, you first need to add the dimensions. From there, you can turn on the View Clipping option, which is located in the Display [...]

Attention Mastercam Users Who Need To: Design machinable parts from point clouds or mesh files. Have access to incredible sketching, solid and surface modeling CAD tools. Machine parts when no drawing or model exists. Repair broken parts where no CAD model or Drawing exists. Introducing Design X Essentials for Mastercam Users Scan-based Step/Parasolid files vs CAD-Based Step/Parasolid Files – What’s the difference? Some of you may have experienced the nightmare of attempting to create good [...]