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Technical notes

Practical guidance for CAD revision review and inspection preparation.

Technical notes

Five ways to compare STEP files

Choose a comparison method that matches the decision you need to make.

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Technical notes

Delta FAI: from a design change to a reviewable inspection scope

Use the changed model as evidence for a review, not as the entire inspection decision.

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Preparing AS9102 Form 3: a practical sequence

Organise characteristic accountability before entering measured results.

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Exporting STEP AP242 with PMI

A practical settings review for SOLIDWORKS, NX, Creo and CATIA.

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Semantic and graphical PMI: what survives the export?

A readable annotation and a machine-readable requirement are different things.

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CAD translation validation and long-term retrieval

Preserve the information needed to assess a model after its original system changes.

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