Automatic Drawing Ballooning

Balloon any drawing automatically: native or scanned PDF.

PAS PDF recognizes dimensions, tolerances, GD&T frames, notes and surface finishes on PDF drawings and numbers them automatically. It was developed together with the quality teams of Israel's leading aerospace and defense manufacturers.

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70-90%: faster ballooning
13: characteristic types recognized
0: manual retyping

The problem

Manual ballooning of a drawing takes hours, is inconsistent between inspectors and has to be redone for every revision.

The PAS way

PAS PDF balloons a drawing in seconds. Add, merge or delete balloons, control balloon size, colour and frame style, then import CMM or scanner results and get the inspection report automatically.

Capabilities

What PAS PDF does

Automatic recognition

Linear, diameter, radius, angle, chamfer, thread, surface finish, welding symbols, notes and GD&T feature-control frames.

Native and scanned PDF

Works on live vector PDFs and on scanned or photographed drawings using built-in OCR.

Editable balloons

Add, delete or merge requirements; control balloon size, colour, frame and numbering sequence.

Criticality and tooling

Mark basic, critical and key characteristics and assign a measurement tool to every balloon.

Result import

Import CMM (CAMIO, PC-DMIS, DMIS) or scanner results and match them to balloons automatically.

70-90% time saving

Measured on production drawings at leading aerospace and defense customers.

Workflow

Five steps, a few minutes

01
Open PDF drawing
02
Auto-balloon
03
Edit / merge balloons
04
Import results
05
Generate report

Specifications

PAS PDF at a glance

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

PDF (vector)PDF (scanned / photo)SLDDRW via PAS CMMCAMIOPC-DMISDMISExcel

Drawing input: Vector PDF, scanned PDF / image with OCR, multi-sheet drawings
Recognized items: Linear, Ø, R, angle, chamfer, thread, surface finish, welding, notes, GD&T frames, general tolerance blocks
Balloon control: Size, colour, frame shape, sequence, merge / split, key-characteristic marking
Characteristic data: Nominal, upper / lower limit, unit, tool, criticality, inspection frequency
Result import: CAMIO, PC-DMIS, DMIS, scanner exports, Excel, manual entry
Output: Ballooned PDF, characteristic list (Excel), PAS inspection file for PAS Report

In the software