09-04-2008
Kilauea: Mountain of Fire
Source: PBS.org
Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, is the world’smost active volcano. Its latest eruption began in 1983 and it hasn’t stopped since.
Volcanologists from the US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are using LIDAR technology to monitor its lava flow.
With the help of the ILRIS-3D digitizing system from Optech and PolyWorks software from InnovMetric, these specialists can compare the typology of crater floors at various periods of time to measure the quantity of lava flow.
This process is shown at 4min 30sec of the part 1 of this documentary
Kilauea: Mountain of Fire - Nature Series on PBS 
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10-04-2008
InnovMetric Software wins the “Export Award” at the 2008 Les Mercuriades competition
PolyWorks on TV - News Coverage
The Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec FCCQ honoured today 13 highly-successful Quebec businesses at the 28th edition of Les Mercuriades competition held at Montreal’s Palais des congrès. The event, organized by the FCCQ, had in attendance thousands of key individuals from Quebec’s business community and Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
Thanks to outstanding sales worldwide in 2007, with over 95% of its revenue coming from the export market, InnovMetric won the Mercuriades Award in the "Export" Category.
Mr. Marc Soucy, President of InnovMetric Software , talks about the meaning of this award
Available in French only
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17-05-2007
NASA uses PolyWorks to analyze the shuttle Endeavour’s damaged tiles
PolyWorks on TV - News Coverage
Source: Associated Press
Updated: 10:27 p.m. ET Aug 13, 2007
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA conducted a swift series of tests on the ground Monday to determine whether spacewalking astronauts need to fix a deep gouge in Endeavour’s belly for re-entry, and assembled a special team to weigh the repair options.
The gouge is relatively small — 3.5 inches by 2 inches 9 by 5 centimeters — but part of it penetrates through the protective thermal tiles, leaving just a thin layer of coated felt over the space shuttle’s aluminum frame to keep out the more than 2,000-degree Fahrenheit 1,100-degree Celsius heat of re-entry. The exposed area is 1 inch 2.54 centimeters long and less than a quarter-inch 6 millimeters wide. Read more...
PolyWorks on MSNBC - August 13, 2007 
PolyWorks on CNN - August 17, 2007 
Video of the Endeavour STS-118 damaged tile inspection
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26-07-2005
PolyWorks to play a key role during Discovery’s “Return to Flight” STS-114 mission
PolyWorks on TV - News Coverage
PolyWorks on CTV Canada - July 26 2005
PolyWorks on SRC Radio-Canada - French - July 25 2005
PolyWorks on TVA French - July 25 2005
Quebec, Canada - On July 26th, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on a historic mission that marked the shuttle program's first launch in more than two years. During that period, NASA has worked intensively on integrating new technologies to increase the safety of the Discovery shuttle. One major new feature is the addition of a laser camera system LCS on the Canadarm. The LCS, developed by the Canadian company Neptec, will be deployed to inspect for tiny fractures on the leading edges of the wings and the nose cap which are covered in Reinforced Carbon-Carbon material.
The PolyWorks software suite, from the Canadian company InnovMetric Software, will be used as a key component for interpreting the millions of points collected by the LCS. Following a preliminary analysis performed in Neptec’s proprietary application, PolyWorks will recreate 3D models of the scanned areas. If areas of potential damage are identified, PolyWorks tools will be used to measure the size depth, circumference, volume of the cracks and holes. This valuable information will help specialists at the NASA Mission Center to assess the risk of these affected areas, and to determine a strategy for their repair.
The cooperation between NASA and InnovMetric Software dates back to early 1997, when PolyWorks was intensively used for the “Mars Pathfinder Mission”. At that time, NASA specialists used PolyWorks to prepare 3D models of the Martian surface for NASA’s website.
To learn more about the mission:
www.neptec.com
www.nasa.gov
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