CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
18 September 2007
Product News
MDTVISION Launches PRELUDE V5 Inspect, a Full-Featured 3D Metrology Software Based on Dassault Systèmes' V5 Architecture
With its new software PRELUDE V5 Inspect, MDTVISION enables digital continuity for V5 data, from design to production quality control.
PRELUDE V5 Inspect is designed for the preparation, simulation, execution, and validation of three-dimensional part-programs, the analysis of part dimension quality, and the control of manufacturing processes. PRELUDE V5 Inspect is a full-featured 3D metrology software offering both on-line and off-line modes and analysis. Its functionalities benefit from Prelude INSPECTION software and the know-how of MDTVISION. PRELUDE V5 Inspect fulfils all your inspection needs and lets you design systematic, standard-compliant quality control.
Independent toward measurement equipment vendors, PRELUDE V5 Inspect guarantees optimal usage of many types of measurement machine or device, with or without contact.
Digital continuity for V5 data
Based on Dassault Systèmes' CAA V5 architecture, PRELUDE V5 Inspect is integrated in V5 environment. This architecture enables completely natural data exchanges between Design, Manufacturing and Quality Control Departments.
Among key strengths of PRELUDE V5 Inspect, note the ergonomy and homogeneity of CATIA V5 user interface, direct access to native CATIA V4 and CATIA V5 data and to FT&A tolerancing, automatic integration of inspection data in PPR tree (Product Process Resource) and interactive exchanges between measurement and design workshops.
"The integration of PRELUDE V5 Inspect in V5 environment guarantees the quality and the coherence of 3D data through product lifecycle and favours the interactive exchanges between design and metrology, explains Jean-Claude Bozec, Quality Control Expert, MDTVISION. For V5 users, it is also more comfortable and easier to manipulate a well-known graphic interface."
"PRELUDE V5 Inspect is based on the same V5 kernel as the Dassault Systemes products which provides a significant productivity gains to the V5 customers in the inspection domain working in the 3D PLM environment", says Minal Santhosh, Manager CAA Partnerships, DELMIA.
Available October 1st, 2007
PRELUDE V5 Inspect is marketed in France and abroad by MDTVISION and Dassault Systèmes and by their respective distribution networks. PRELUDE V5 Inspect will be available October 1st, 2007
Advanced core features
• Automated preparation of measuring ranges with automatic validity checks
• On-line and off-line programming, and switching between modes
• Creation of ready-to-use, customisable part reference lists
• DCC direct driving for touch trigger probes and laser-scanners
• Inspection of big digitized points clouds by comparing with a CAD model
• Management of CMM's range of accessories
• Assistance in tuning production systems and complex assemblies setup
• Built-in database for traceability and statistical process control
• Creation and printing of customizable verification reports
• Export in various formats: digital values (Excel), graphical values (JPEG, etc.) or mixed
Digital continuity for V5 data
• Direct access to native CATIA V4 and CATIA V5 data with FT&A tolerancing
• Integration of inspection data in the PPR* tree
• Interactive exchanges between measurement and design workshops
• Measured entities can be directly re-used in CATIA through reverse engineering
• Configuration of the inspection work environment via 'CATSettings'
Open approach and compatibility
• Windows XP compatible
• Uses standard IGES and STEP interfaces (optional in CATIA)
• DMIS format part-programs import
• Compatible with the Prelude INSPECTION part-programs
• Complementary with RENISHAW UCC universal controlert and its range of accessories
• Direct CMM's interfaces available
• Standard I++DME universal interface available, enabling most connections with compatible measurement devices.
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