Face-to-face geometric pattern matching analyzes the whole part definition within the user controlled tolerance. This strategy reliably finds the differences across all precise CAD models without the common failures and false positives of the Boolean approach, or missed areas inherent with the sampling of points approach.

Boeings quality system requirement for Aerospace suppliers with sections that require translated CAD data to be validated for quality system compliance.

Measure the distance between entities, points, and positions and angles between two edges or faces, or 4 positions.

A special mode for two sets of hierarchical CAD assembly files scans file names and headers and lists side-by-side results. Users can optionally geometrically compare a selected set of parts or launch processes to compare all parts. Quick side-by-side 3D graphical viewing is available to see differences in impacted parts.

When the authority or derivative files have extra data that is inconsequential to validation, a selective compare can be accomplished by choosing the data from each file for comparison.

When the derivative data is in a different orientation than the authority data (typically for manufacturing setups), the derivative can be automatically or manually oriented to match the authority data before comparison.

When the software that is receiving a solid model of the design data can not output a solid model (some metrology software) the translation of the authority data is validated by outputting a point cloud that represents the measured points on the data. This point data is compared to the authority solid and surface data to perform the validation.

A similar approach is used to compare mesh data in STL derivative files to the precise authority data set (Premium level only).

Compare semantic differences in Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) including 3D geometric tolerances from these formats:

Dassault CATIA

PTC Creo 

Siemens NX 

Dassault SolidWorks

STEP AP 242 

Benefits of network floating licenses:

• Access software from multiple devices and locations.
• Unlimited number of users.
• More flexible and dynamic software usage.
• Shared software can result in significant savings.

Example of two concurrent users of network floating licenses managed from network license server.

STEP, STP, STPZ 

IGES, IGS 

CATPart, CATProduct

SLDPRT, SLDASM 

PRT 

JT 

PRT, ASM 

Sets of authority and derivative files can be batch processed through the user interface or executed from the command line.

Inconsequential errors found as a result of compare can be quickly dispositioned with a short text explanation and documented in the output quality document.

Quality documents include built-in features that provide traceability back to the original validation to meet audit requirements.

Images of differences can be automatically included in the output quality document.

Comparison results recorded as certified, tamper-proof ASCII text documents customized with your company name.

Comparison results recorded as certified, tamper-proof PDF documents customized with your company name.

MCX

MOD

3DXML 

IPT, IAM 

CKD 

PAR, ASM, PSM 

X_T, X_B 

SAT, SAB 

DWG, DXF