Optical Metrology Automation

The same automated inspection plan, now for 3D scanners and optical systems.

PAS OM brings PAS inspection automation to structured-light and laser scanners, vision systems and Renishaw Equator gauges. Scan results flow straight into PAS reports, side by side with CMM results.

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1: inspection model, tactile + optical
2-way: CMM ↔ scanner transfer
100%: of balloons reported

The problem

Optical and tactile inspection usually live in separate worlds: separate programs, separate reports and no shared traceability back to the drawing.

The PAS way

PAS OM uses one inspection model for both. Transfer inspection programs between the CMM and the scanner in either direction, import scan results automatically and report every characteristic in a single FAI or batch report.

Capabilities

What PAS OM does

Scanner program generation

Alignment, feature extraction and GD&T evaluation are generated from the PAS inspection model for your scanning software.

CMM ↔ scanner program transfer

Move a program from the CMM to the scanner and back, keeping balloon numbers, nominals and tolerances intact.

Automatic result import

Scan results are parsed and matched to balloon numbers, ready for reporting without retyping.

Renishaw Equator support

Program and report the Equator flexible gauge from the same PAS project as the CMM.

Mixed-technology reports

Tactile, optical and manual results appear side by side in one FAI or batch report.

Colour-map evidence

Attach deviation colour maps to the report for surface-profile characteristics.

CMM ↔ scanner

One inspection plan. Any measuring technology.

Because PAS stores the inspection plan independently of the machine, the same balloons can be measured on a CMM today and a scanner tomorrow. Choose per characteristic which technology measures it, and PAS builds the programs and merges the results.

Per-characteristic technology assignment
No duplicate programming or nominals
Single report with full traceability

CMM ↔ scannerAUTOMATED

01PAS inspection model
02CMM program ⇄ scanner program
03Results auto-imported
04One merged FAI / batch report

Workflow

Five steps, a few minutes

01
Load PAS inspection model
02
Generate scanner program
03
Scan the part
04
Import results automatically
05
Report FAI / Cpk

Specifications

PAS OM at a glance

Formats, standards and systems supported out of the box. Additional machine languages and customer report templates are added on request.

GOM / ZEISS InspectPolyWorksGeomagic Control XRenishaw EquatorVision systemsSTL / point clouds

Scanning software: GOM / ZEISS Inspect, PolyWorks Inspector, Geomagic Control X
Gauging: Renishaw Equator 300 / 500 (master and measure routines)
Vision systems: Result import from optical CMMs and vision measuring machines
Mesh input: STL, PLY, point clouds; CAD nominal from the PAS inspection model
Program transfer: CMM → scanner and scanner → CMM with balloon mapping preserved
Reporting: Merged tactile + optical results in PAS Report; colour-map attachments

In the software