28/11/07 – PolyWorks 10.1 Boundary Scanning Scan trimmed edges of sheet metal parts and capture a boundary scan in real time. Boundary Scanning

28/11/07 – PolyWorks 10.1 Thickness parameter for sheet metal CAD model Specify a thickness value for a sheet metal CAD surface model and easily create features, comparison points, and reference points on the virtual material side, in one mouse click. Thickness parameter for sheet metal CAD model

28/11/07 – PolyWorks 10.1 New annotation positioning method PolyWorks 10.1 offers more flexible annotation positioning strategies, including a new method that positions annotations in the normal or tangent direction w/r to their attachment point. New annotation positioning method

28/11/07 – PolyWorks 10.1 N-sided trimmed NURBS patches You can now create and fit N-sided trimmed NURBS patches in difficult areas where several patch configurations need to be stitched together. N-sided trimmed NURBS patches

28/11/07 – PolyWorks 10.1 New curve network analyzer Improve your NURBS surfaces by using the new curve network analyzer that shows the nature and location of incorrect and inappropriate curve configurations. New curve network analyzer

01-01-2007 Re-engineered hole-filling algorithm PolyWorks 10.0 now offers the most powerful hole-filling technology on the market, capable of processing the most complex hole boundaries Re-engineered hole-filling algorithm

01-01-2007 New optional Airfoil Gauge module Benefit from the most robust camber line fitter on the market, capable of analyzing airfoils digitized by white-light digitizers, laser scanners, and CT scanners New optional Airfoil Gauge module

01-01-2007 Polygonal reconstruction tool Reconstruct the most complex areas by blending surface curvature into a smooth reconstructed mesh Polygonal reconstruction tool

01-01-2007 Radial Cross-Sections Create multiple radial cross-sections about an axis using only 6 mouse clicks Radial Cross-Sections

10-05-2006 Re-engineered Curve Insertion Technology PolyWorks 9.1 offers a new algorithm for inserting curves in polygonal meshes that is significantly quicker compared to the previous algorithm. Look at this video where three curves are inserted in a 1 million triangle model in less than 10 seconds. Inserting curves on polygonal model

02-02-2006 New Comparison-to-CAD Technique PolyWorks 9.1 now offers a complete toolset for simultaneously comparing multiple instances of a part to a CAD model and analyzing the part forming process. Comparing multiple instances to CAD

02-02-2006 New Probing Techniques PolyWorks 9.1 now offers assisted cross-section probing, assisted comparison point probing, and robust methods for probing sheet metal features. This video shows the new probing capabilities for comparison points. Probing Comparison Points

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EZLayout Report Tool PolyWorks V9 now offers a new report formatting tool to easily create rich and colorful inspection reports. Layout creation tool similar to PowerPoint and entirely developed by InnovMetric. Drag & drop IMInspect report items and control their visual appearance. Insert external images, such as the company logo, pictures, etc. Insert fixed and variable text. Fully compatible with the macro-programming language for creating automatic inspection routines. Can be exported to PDF or HTML formats. Generation of a customized inspection report using PolyWorks EZLayout tool

Automatic Scan Alignment Tool Ability to align a new scanned point cloud with respect to a set of already aligned scans without users pre-aligning the new scan with the mouse or matching one or several pairs of points. This alignment technique only requires a few seconds of execution and its success rate exceeds 95% in InnovMetric’s internal benchmarks. Automatic alignment of five scans in less than 45 seconds

Hand-held digitizer and contact probe integration PolyWorks now offers plug-in utilities that allow direct scanning and probing from within its user interface. Line scan data is smoothed and reduced in real time which results in lower noise level and faster data processing. Users can probe: Circles, Cylinders, Planes, Points Polygons, Slots, Spheres, Vectors Probing is integrated with PolyWorks' prismatic alignment techniques. PolyWorks can compare incoming scans and probe data to a CAD model in real time.

Profile gages A new programmable profile gage can be used to measure radii along a fillet or the height of a step edge. Profile gage extraction

Feature line tracking PolyWorks has dramatically improved its automatic feature line extraction capabilities. Automatic feature line tracking