{"id":6792,"date":"2021-12-10T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:51:45","slug":"whats-new-in-solidworks-inspection-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/12\/whats-new-in-solidworks-inspection-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quality control and planning often involve the creation of documents such as drawings with balloon callouts and inspection reports. These time-consuming tasks are usually the responsibility of designers or quality inspectors who can spend hours every day manually creating all these documents to ensure that the parts they designed are manufactured according to their specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/media\/solidworks-2022-inspection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Inspection 2022<\/a>\u00a0is a First Article Inspection (FAI) and in-process inspection solution that simplifies and automates the reporting process. SOLIDWORKS Inspection is integrated with SOLIDWORKS CAD and is also available as a standalone application for working with other CAD systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re working with in-house or outsourced manufacturing, monitoring and verifying critical geometry is key to ensuring consistency among your products. Let\u2019s see how SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2022 continues to simplify and automate quality control operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/nativeswxdrw.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Import Native SOLIDWORKS Files<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standalone version of SOLIDWORKS Inspection has historically relied on 2D PDFs and image files to start the ballooning process. Support for additional 2D and 3D CAD files was added a few years back. Now in 2022, NX and native SOLIDWORKS drawings are also supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/smartextract.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One-Click Smart Extraction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can start a project by importing a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/\">SOLIDWORKS<\/a>&nbsp;drawing directly into the standalone SOLIDWORKS Inspection application and then extracting relevant part information such as part descriptions, part numbers, and current revisions. The same&nbsp;<em>one-click<\/em>&nbsp;smart extraction method is used to gather dimensional and tolerance characteristics needed for reporting. SOLIDWORKS Inspection also identifies the GD&amp;T symbol, precision, and geometric tolerance indicators, which are all carried downstream into your first article or in-process reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hole callouts and geometric tolerances are ballooned and remapped to the project\u2019s bill of characteristics. Repeating these simple steps for the required tolerances and dimensional callouts is a breeze\u2014no manual data entry required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/smartassmble.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Improved Support and Performance for SOLIDWORKS Part Files<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/media\/solidworks-2022-inspection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOLIDWORKS Inspection 2022<\/a>\u00a0has dramatically improved the performance and support for SOLIDWORKS part files, which can be directly added to an inspection project alongside a current 2D sheet. The extraction process is the same as for a 2D drawing (pulling in and identifying the geometric tolerance and positional information) but now ballooning onto a 3D part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the assembly of the above bracket, a few critical welds and some surface finish requirements require inspection. Inspection 2022 now fully supports importing SOLIDWORKS assemblies to ensure proper fit, form, and function with all manufactured and assembled items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the bill of characteristics created, this package can now be saved with all the associative 2D and 3D data without accessing any of the drawn parts or assemblies inside SOLIDWORKS CAD. You can generate the inspection reports and include 2D and 3D PDFs and the necessary Excel documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/add-in.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>API Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOLIDWORKS Inspection is also available inside SOLIDWORKS itself as an add-in, and new in Inspection 2022 is full support for API. This highly requested enhancement helps automate the creation, ballooning, modification, extraction, and exporting of first article and in-process inspection reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2021\/11\/whats-new-in-solidworks-inspection-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quality control and planning often involve the creation of documents such as drawings with balloon callouts and inspection reports. 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