PolyWorks V11 Release

InnovMetric Software Inc., a leading supplier of 3D metrology software solutions for engineering and manufacturing, is proud to announce that it has released PolyWorks V11 to all of its end-users and distributors worldwide.

PolyWorks V11 is the most ambitious release of InnovMetric's universal 3D metrology software platform. Offering a major set of new probing-related tools such as multiple coordinate system and alignment history management, teaching and offline programming of feature probing tasks, multiple device position handling, and manual CMM support, PolyWorks V11 maintains its leading position as the most advanced hybrid metrology solution on the industrial manufacturing market, handling equally well millions of points measured by high-density point cloud digitizers and datasets produced by contact-based probing devices such as articulated arms and laser trackers.

Within the PolyWorks V11 development cycle, InnovMetric kept its focus on key engineering and manufacturing applications:

• Tooling and assembly applications now benefit from integrated Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodologies, ideal for evaluating the repeatability and reproducibility of a process or diagnosing manufacturing issues in a set of pieces;
• A new alignment technique that brings a measured part within a tolerance band is now available to guarantee the manufacturability of a casting and help balance the casting position on a machining tool;
• Airfoil manufacturers now have access to a complete virtual fixturing solution with the possibility of using edge or shank alignment targets;
• Plastic part manufacturers benefit from a new offset cross-section object, enhanced caliper technology, and a major GD&T upgrade that includes tolerance zone mobility modifiers and surface profiles.

PolyWorks V11 also offers a major upgrade for reverse engineering applications. The PolyWorks V11 NURBS surface fitting methodology is based on a brand-new algorithmic approach that produces super-smooth surfaces from noisy digitized models, in order to maximize the usability of fitted surfaces once imported in a customer's corporate CAD application.

Finally, InnovMetric is releasing a new optional Advanced Manufacturing module for its PolyWorks/Modeler package. This new module offers the possibility of creating quadrilateral meshes from digitized models and compensating tool surfaces based on part deviations.