Measurement data management system
OwnerMarc R. Sauerhoefer, Robert T. Brooksinventors
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Abstract
A system and process for managing measurement data and generating production and engineering drawings from measurements obtained from a sample population parts to generates and parametrically update engineering and production drawings from measurement data of actual parts. The system and process provides efficient allocation of measurement resources to generate engineering drawings and models. The resources are allocated in a manner that eliminates and reduce time required for producing and generating usable engineering models and drawings.
Claims21
A method of creating an engineering representation of a part comprising the steps of:
- a) area and profile scanning a physical part;
- b) defining features of the physical part based on the scanning of the physical part;
- c) creating an engineering representation including the defined features;
- e) defining a parametric expression for each defined feature;
- f) obtaining measurement data for each defined feature;
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- g) creating geometric dimensions and tolerances for each defined feature based on the parametric expressions utilizing the measurement data.
A system for creating engineering representation of a part comprising:
- a first inspection device defining a first set of features of a part;
- a microprocessor programmed for identifying a set of parametric features the part based on the first set of features;
- a second inspection device for obtaining data for each of the parametric features;
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- an output device for generating an engineering representation of the part based on the first set of features and the data for each of the parametric features.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.