CCE's EnSuite Delivers Support for Point Cloud Files

By DE Editors

CCE (Farmington Hills, MI) announced that EnSuite Version 2 — its multi-CAD viewing, translation, and productivity software — has been upgraded to support point cloud files. EnSuite Version 2 can be used to import point cloud files in .xyz and .csv files that are typically produced on a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), laser scanner, or other inspection equipment.

Point clouds imported into EnSuite can be graphically compared against a CAD model. EnSuite produces a color error map of the point cloud vs. the CAD model by displaying the differences between the two in a range of colors.

Quality assurance (QA) engineers in manufacturing QA and CAD QA will find this most useful. In manufacturing QA, the objective is to check for conformance of physical part to the CAD design. The manufactured part is inspected to generate a point cloud and the point cloud is imported into EnSuite.

In CAD QA, the objective is to check conformance of CAD model to the actual physical part, as in a reverse engineering process. The physical part is scanned (CMM) to generate a point cloud and a CAD model generated using the point clouds. The point cloud is imported into EnSuite and compared to the CAD model that has been created as part of the reverse engineering process and any error in the CAD model is visualized in a color error map.

EnSuite is designed for companies that work in a multi-CAD environment, such as those used by customers, vendors, and partners. EnSuite provides seamless interoperability with CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, and SolidWorks CAD systems as well as Parasolid, IGES, and STEP files.

For more information, contact CCE.

For previous DE coverage, read "CCE's EnSuite 2.0 Eases Working with Multi-CAD Data."

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.