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SOLIDWORKS Inspection allows you to reduce the time needed to create inspection documentation while eliminating input errors, improving quality, and reducing time to market. It's available in two packages - Standard or Professional - depending on your requirements.
Automate the ballooning of engineering drawings and 3D files with Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) and minimize the time spent on recording inspection measurements. Streamline the creation of industry-standard inspection reports with SOLIDWORKS Inspection.
Key Benefits
Saves up to 90% of time performing inspections and creating inspection documents
Helps to create detailed reports in minutes
Improves time-to-market
Eliminates errors and inconsistencies
Supports a variety of 2D and 3D CAD data as well as PDF and TIFF files
Complies with industry standards
Quick Return on Investment (ROI)
Who is SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standard Best For?
SOLIDWORKS Inspection Standard is for designers, quality engineers, technicians, and inspectors who are responsible for creating industry-standard inspection documents.
With Inspection Standard you can:
Use the standalone application or the SOLIDWORKS add-in to quickly balloon and create inspection reports regardless of the existing CAD system
Work with 2D data such as SOLIDWORKS drawing files, PDF, TIFF, DXF, or DWG files
Automatically balloon inspection dimensions specified by the designer or mechanical engineer
Create custom OCR dictionaries
Improve OCR readings using ExtractionXpert
Calculate the proportion of defects authorized using Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) tables
Manually or automatically extract characteristics from drawings
Extract multiple characteristics at once using Smart Extract
Define and use multiple tolerance tables
Customize balloon appearance using presets
Instantly export finished ballooned drawings as PDFs
Export inspection reports to Microsoft® Excel® using standard templates
Customize Excel templates using the template editor to follow company or industry standards
Manage inspection projects and related documents using SOLIDWORKS PDM or the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
Export inspection data directly to quality systems such as Net-Inspect and to databases using CSV or XML output formats
If you're a quality engineer, technician, or inspector responsible for inspecting parts, recording measurements, and operating or programming inspection equipment including calipers, CMM, and optical measuring devices, you should check out SOLIDWORKS Inspection Professional.
