Use the standalone application or the SOLIDWORKS add-in to quickly balloon and create inspection reports from 2D and 3D CAD files, PDFs, and TIFFs.

When working with a PDF file or TIFF image, SOLIDWORKS Inspection can leverage Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read and identify the nominal dimension, plus and minus tolerances, and the type of dimension (such as diametric or linear), helping to virtually eliminate manual input and reduce errors. It works with horizontal and vertical dimensions, split dimensions, notes, hole callouts, finish symbols, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) symbols.

Compare drawings, 2D or 3D CAD files’ revisions to quickly identify changes and update your quality project.

Plan effectively your quality control by defining Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) and calculating sample size, accept, and reject criteria.

Export finished ballooned drawings as PDFs, 3D PDFs or eDrawings® files. Export inspection reports to Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets using standard templates such as AS9102 or Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) forms or customized Excel templates. Export inspection data directly to quality systems and databases using CSV or XML output formats. Export color-coded ballooned drawings and inspection reports.

Automatically extract and balloon inspection dimensions from 2D and 3D CAD files, and specific PDF documents.

Manage your Bill of Characteristics (BOCs), change the ordering, edit the numbering or group/ungroup characteristics. Customize the inspection bubble shapes and color, define presets or tolerance tables to standardize your inspection reports and requirements.

SOLIDWORKS Inspection integrates with SOLIDWORKS PDM and enables quality managers to manage project information, control design revisions, deliverables, etc.

Enter measured values for each characteristic directly into a project either manually or by using a digital caliper. Import Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) results.

Highlight dimensions in green, red, or yellow to easily identify which dimensions are In Tolerance, Out of Tolerance, or Marginally within Tolerance based on the values entered.