Verisurf 2027 Is Now Available
Verisurf Software announced the availability of Verisurf 2027, the latest release of its model-based metrology software. New capabilities help manufacturers carry engineering requirements into inspection, automatically generate inspection plans, and return measurement results tied to the original design, from first article through production.
QIF is an open standard for exchanging engineering and quality information between compatible software systems. It gives manufacturers and their suppliers a common way to share what needs to be measured and the results of that inspection. Keeping those requirements and results connected supports the Digital Thread between engineering, manufacturing and quality.
New in Verisurf 2027:
- Create QIF files from native engineering models. Import supported native computer-aided design (CAD) files containing semantic Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI), then export QIF files while preserving the PMI, engineering-defined inspection characteristics, and their associated Persistent Identifiers (PIDs). Semantic PMI lets software read and use the model’s dimensions, tolerances, and related requirements directly, reducing manual data entry and the risk of transcription errors.
- Automatically generate inspection plans from QIF. Create the inspection plan directly from supported engineering information in an imported QIF file, including features, dimensions, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), datums, tolerances, and reporting relationships. This reduces manual programming and keeps the plan tied to the engineering requirements.
- Connect engineering intent to objective evidence. Preserve the original PIDs through inspection planning, measurement, reporting and QIF Results export. Each measured result stays connected to the engineering characteristic being evaluated, giving manufacturers a traceable record of what was measured, how it was evaluated, and whether it met the requirement.
- Review exported results with an included viewer. The built-in QIF Results Viewer lets users review and examine exported QIF Results without requiring third-party utilities.
- Expand reporting and analysis. Automatically evaluate and report Rule No. 1 compliance for circles and cylinders under the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Y14.5 standard. Feature-to-surface Construct Analysis lets teams reuse suitable measurement data for additional evaluations without remeasuring the part.
The native CAD-to-QIF workflow lets teams share engineering information before inspection begins. A manufacturer can open a supported native model in Verisurf and export a QIF file that retains its geometry, semantic PMI, inspection characteristics and associated PIDs. Other compatible, QIF-compliant applications can then use that information for manufacturing and quality workflows.
The inspection workflow serves a different purpose. Teams use an engineering-defined QIF file to generate an inspection plan, measure the part and export QIF Results. The original PIDs keep the requirements and results connected throughout that process.
