Measurement & Alignment	Real-Time Part Inspection	Tool Building & Calibration	Reverse Engineering

Measurement and Alignment

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Measuring parts for inspection or alignment often requires the use of multiple portable CMMs. Different devices have different strengths and weaknesses, so capturing the most accurate part data can involve trackers, portable arms, scanners or photogrammetry systems working collaboratively on the same job.

One of the many challenges of the manufacturing quality process is to efficiently consolidate measurement data. Build!IT™ overcomes this challenge by offering a unified platform for synchronizing workflow and data capture when working with multiple devices.

Build!IT™ is an ideal solution for a wide variety of measurement applications involving probe-based and scanning portable CMMs, such as:

• Machine or equipment installation, re-builds and alignment;
• Aircraft wing and fuselage assembly and alignment;
• Measurement and layout of large structures in heavy vehicles and ship building;
• Tool building, lay-up and digital assembly applications.

Part Inspection

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Build!IT™'s ability to quickly and accurately compare manufactured parts and assemblies to 3D models will give you the best-practice quality control. Aerospace, automotive and heavy-vehicle industries rely on first article and in-process quality inspection for small parts as well as large assemblies.

The integrated solution lets inspectors easily capture part data, compare it to a 3D digital model and produce graphical or tabular reports for cross-departmental review and analysis. Advanced capabilities include surface comparison plotting, dimensional based tolerancing, and GD&T based inspection.

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Tool Building, Inspection and Calibration

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CAD-based software is an essential component of tool building, allowing engineers to accurately validate tools as they are being assembled. Build!IT™'s core technology was the first 3D CAD-based tool-building software that worked with laser trackers in real-time. Our software has evolved to become a powerful, yet simple-to-use platform for building and certifying tooling.

Build!IT™ improves tool-building with live 3D graphical feedback for building and inspecting in real-time, using laser trackers and other portable CMMs. All measurements are recorded directly to a 3D CAD model, and a digital record is made out of tool build and inspection operations.

Build!IT™'s sophisticated alignment methods allow you to work in local reference systems to perform complex builds. You can also directly utilize GD&T to build and inspect tooling features, and generate reports to document tools in as-build condition.

Build!IT™ users recognize the value of real-time tool-building software, one manufacturer saved thousands of hours on a single tool after implementing Build!IT™.

Build!IT™ is an ideal solution for visualizing large assembly fixtures:

• Aircraft assembly fixtures;
• Fixtures for automotive production;
• Welding fixtures for large vehicle structures;
• Fixtures for lay-up, machining and drilling operations.

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Reverse Engineering

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Build!IT™ has reverse engineering capabilities allowing extensive point cloud capture and preprocessing. Build!IT™'s easy to use implementation will allow you to save directly; complementing in-house CAD systems with comprehensive geometry creation utilities.

Build!IT™ had been used to produce reverse-engineered geometries for many demanding industrial applications, such as:

• Mechanical components and assemblies;
• Molds and stamping dies including the capturing of hand-worked changes to tools;
• Assembly, lay-up and welding fixtures and tooling;
• Drilling and trimming tools for composite panels;
• Digitizing complex freeform shapes from prototypes.