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Importing CMM results into a CAD software (SOLIDWORKS) for comparison

wowie
Hello All,

An engineer has asked me if I am able to import the CMM result I get into SOLIDWORKS so they can compare it to the CAD model. I have never tried and I don't know where to start. Is it possible? If so, how can I do it? I will try to research the topic and I hope I can get someone's help in this forum to help me along. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance...
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  • You can use the COP export operator to export the point cloud in .igs format. This will export just the hits, not the best-fit wireframe geometry. This avoids the "perfect circle" misinterpretation issue that Josh mentions but makes it more difficult to perform other types of analysis. The great benefit is that it clearly shows exactly how you are measuring each feature and it can be easily automated so you get a point cloud with every run with no operator intervention. The point cloud will export relative to the active alignment at the time the export command is called. You can easily create multiple point clouds in a single program to export different feature groups relative to the alignment of interest for each group.
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  • You can use the COP export operator to export the point cloud in .igs format. This will export just the hits, not the best-fit wireframe geometry. This avoids the "perfect circle" misinterpretation issue that Josh mentions but makes it more difficult to perform other types of analysis. The great benefit is that it clearly shows exactly how you are measuring each feature and it can be easily automated so you get a point cloud with every run with no operator intervention. The point cloud will export relative to the active alignment at the time the export command is called. You can easily create multiple point clouds in a single program to export different feature groups relative to the alignment of interest for each group.
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