Learn, evaluate and get answers
Articles and guides from our metrology team, plus answers to the questions we hear most.
GD&T on 3D scans: how geometric tolerances are evaluated on a mesh
What changes when flatness, position or profile are evaluated on a scanned mesh instead of CMM probe hits — and what the software must guarantee so the result is defensible.
Running existing DMIS CMM programs on a 3D scan
Why a DMIS program is really a measurement plan, what has to be reconstructed to execute it on scan data, and where the translation must refuse rather than guess.
Automated inspection from a PDF drawing: ballooning, planning and gated measurement
How a drawing becomes an inspection plan — reading dimensions and feature control frames from a PDF, linking them to the CAD model, and deciding what can be measured automatically.
Choosing a 3D scanner for quality control: what actually matters
Stated accuracy, resolution, part size, surface finish and workflow fit — a practical checklist for selecting a scanner for metrology, and why the software should not lock you to one brand.
Frequently asked questions
Three things in one suite: it reads the engineering drawing itself (AI auto-ballooning and a gated auto-inspection), it runs your existing CMM DMIS programs directly on a 3D scan, and everything — including the AI assistant — works fully offline. All of it scanner-agnostic, with perpetual licensing.
Measurement accuracy is determined by your scanner — its stated accuracy, resolution and the quality of the scan (coverage, noise, calibration) — not by the software. Ai-Inspect evaluates exactly the geometry the scan contains and will not improve or degrade it. What the software guarantees is methodological: fits and GD&T follow ASME Y14.5 / ISO 1101, every nominal comes from the CAD model, and anything that cannot be proven on the scan (missing coverage, unverified datum frames) is refused and routed to manual review instead of being estimated.
Nominal CAD in STEP, IGES and STL; scans in STL, PLY, OBJ, VTK and VTP. Drawings as PDF (vector or scanned). Reports export to PDF, CSV, Excel and HTML, plus a PAS CMM CSV that loads directly into PAS.
No. Ai-Inspect is scanner-agnostic — any device that exports a mesh (STL, PLY, OBJ) works, including Creaform, GOM, Shining3D, Artec and others. The built-in Scan Tool can also align and merge multiple partial scans into one part.
You load the PDF drawing and Ai-Inspect detects the dimensions, tolerances, GD&T frames and datums, balloons them automatically and builds an inspection plan. High-confidence requirements are measured automatically; anything ambiguous is routed to a guided panel with an explicit reason — accuracy by refusal, never by guessing.
Yes. The DMIS translator parses PAS, CAMIO and PC-DMIS dialects, reconstructs the datum alignments, synthesizes measurement points where the program has none, and replays the program on the scan. It has been validated end-to-end against real CMM result files.
No. The AI assistant runs locally on a model we match to your hardware and workload, and all CAD/scan/drawing data stays on your machine — Ai-Inspect runs fully offline / air-gapped. A cloud AI provider (Anthropic Claude) exists as an optional, separately licensed module that requires explicit opt-in.
The interface is fully localized in Hebrew, English and Russian — including the help center and the AI assistant, which understands measurement commands in all three languages.
Windows 10/11 64-bit, an OpenGL 3.3+ GPU, 16 GB RAM recommended. We size the local AI model to the workstation you already have — from a compact model on a standard PC to a larger one on a GPU-equipped station. Tell us your hardware and we will tailor the install.
Licenses are perpetual and machine-locked. After installing, copy your Machine ID from the app and submit a license request from your account; we issue a license file (.lic) for your machine. Optional modules (Drawing Inspector, Cloud AI) are activated with separate codes — no reinstall needed.
Updates ship as a compact update installer (~300 MB) that replaces only the application files — your license, language, settings and the local AI model stay untouched. Update installs take about a minute.
Yes. Record the inspection once as a macro, then either replay it per part or point Batch mode at a folder of scans — each part is auto-aligned, measured and reported (PDF/CSV/PAS) unattended. Replay re-measures on the new scan; it is a true measurement program, not a stored-numbers playback.
Yes — request a demo from the contact page and our team will arrange a guided walkthrough on your own parts and drawings, plus a trial license.
Contact us for a quote — pricing depends on the modules you need and the number of stations. Licenses are purchased outright (perpetual, machine-locked), with optional annual service and updates, volume terms and enterprise agreements.