Combined with the Costing feature, Inspection greatly improves efficiency for manufacturers.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In particular,\u00a0the manufacturing sector is set to benefit significantly from this year’s update to SOLIDWORKS. Along with the Costing feature, which allows teams to accurately estimate project expenses, the Inspection tool further improves manufacturing efficiency.<\/p>\n
For manufacturers, it’s important to get designs right as quickly and efficiently as possible, whether they’re brand-new offerings or updates to existing products. This is where Inspection can help.<\/p>\n
SOLIDWORKS Inspection benefits manufacturers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Essentially, Inspection is an extremely valuable quality assurance (QA)\u00a0tool, and is responsible for creating the control sheet that engineers inspect before approving items for\u00a0production.<\/p>\n The measurement process is extremely important in the production phase, as it is here where manufacturers can\u00a0finalise a product and commit to its creation.<\/p>\n Once designers create a part or component in SOLIDWORKS, they can then use Inspection to produce a control sheet that is then distributed to the QA department or any other stakeholder\u00a0that needs to sign off on it.<\/p>\n This document takes the form of an Excel file, so it’s easy to distribute between the people and teams that need to ensure everything is up to standard and ready for production.<\/p>\n QA engineers can enter the details themselves using a digital caliper, or import\u00a0the list of dimensions\u00a0into a coordinate measuring machine to further streamline this process. This provides a quicker and more accurate way for QA testers to confirm whether\u00a0a part is good to go\u00a0or not.<\/p>\n What does this mean for manufacturers?<\/strong><\/p>\n The key result of Inspection as a whole is a streamlined QA process. Instead of having to prepare their own measurement documents that are at risk of human error, SOLIDWORKS 2016 takes care of the entire task, so manufacturers can create products with confidence.<\/p>\n This improves the overall quality of the item produced, as it is created to a consistent set of guidelines as defined by the original design in SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n Designing in the manufacturing industry? Contact us at SOLIDWORKS to see how we can help inspire engineering innovation and improve every aspect of your product development.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"SOLIDWORKS](\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/x_0_0_0_14101357_800.jpg\")
SOLIDWORKS Inspection streamlines the QA process.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n