Verisurf Software Enables Efficient Translation of CAD/CAM Data
The Validate software is designed to ensure data integrity and enable users to perform metrology workflows in a seamless CAD environment while maintaining model-based digital continuity.
Verisurf Software Inc. has announced that its integrated CAD/CAM translation and validation software, Validate, now includes direct access to an enhanced standalone version of Kubotek Kosmos Validate software. The two companies have reportedly worked together since 2011 and created the Verisurf Validate module that works within Verisurf and supports CAD/CAM translation validation for customers needing to meet Boeing Standard D6-51991. Kubotek Kosmos maintains an expanded version of the software with added features and bi-directional compatibility between all popular CAD/CAM software programs and file transfer protocols, which is now accessible directly to Verisurf Validate customers.
3D model-based definition (MBD) enables manufacturers to reduce errors and avoid manual data re-entry introduced by the traditional drawing-based communication processes. In a MBD process, the original 3D model is the authority dataset to which all manufacturing is verified against. To ensure critical data is not lost or altered as it moves into specialized manufacturing and quality verification software, OEM quality assurance systems commonly require suppliers to document validation of all translations. This is typically part of established product acceptance software (PAS) requirements put in place by OEMs, for example, Boeing Standard D6-51991 Rev N Section 3.
Efficient, accurate translation of all CAD/CAM data is critical to maintaining a digital thread in manufacturing. Verisurf is said to be the only measurement, reverse engineering and inspection software built on a full-featured 3D CAD/CAM platform with intelligent MBD. This is designed to ensure data integrity and enable users to perform metrology workflows in a seamless CAD environment while maintaining model-based digital continuity.
Verisurf software is compatible with all CAD file formats, and the Verisurf Device Interface (VDI) communicates with all 3D measurement devices for universal compatibility. Verisurf’s modular design enables users to quickly shift from reverse engineering to inspection to tool building, efficiently capturing and processing measurement data for all 3D metrology applications with repeatable process control across the manufacturing enterprise.
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