Integrating high quality data checking capabilities within your CATIA environment

Creating a high quality CAD model is not only one of the most time-consuming and costly parts of the new product development process; it is also one of the most critical. Companies rely on these models to create the products that are the lifeblood of their business. Given the complexity of modern design, as well as the many powerful technologies used in this process and the pressures of getting new products to market, it is not surprising that errors occur regularly in new models. Then, each time the same model is handled by another user, particularly when they are operating through a global supply chain, with different corporate processes and practices, the likelihood of poor product data quality increases.

With Q-Checker, you can make standards and quality related design rules an automatic part of your design process eliminating p oor data quality issues. More than 1,000 suppliers and OEM's have conquered their fear of bad data models by using Q-Checker and making CAD data quality the standard they can rely on within they organization. These Q-Checker users have experienced:

•  Significant timesavings spent on fixing models
Fixing geometry problems constitutes a significant design cost, not only in terms of time and quality, but also in wasted human and material resources. The repairs that are not made at the outset are often compounded when users of different downstream applications use different methods to fix the original model. With Q-Checker, critical defects can be identified and repaired before faulty features lead to additional geometric problems.

•  Increased designer awareness
Q-Checker anticipates and captures requirements of all downstream applications, even where they may not be evident to the designer.

•  Pro-Active user learning
The learning curve can be steep and tedious at times, particularly for new and part-time designers who need to conform to specific customer CAD standards. Q-Checker can assist by identifying common design process mistakes and inefficient practices. It is like supporting each designer with the experience and advice of an expert user.

•  Design reuse
Because defects have traditionally been so common in models, most users prefer to rebuild their own, instead of reusing existing ones. This is another costly part of designing that Q-Checker can help to eliminate.

•  Internal CATIA standards enforcement
Q-Checker helps to ensure that corporate design standards and specifications for using CATIA are adhered to, allowing the design and production teams to become more productive and efficient and supporting higher product quality.

•  Supplier Confidence
OEMs working with Q-Checker have the confidence that they are sending their suppliers good quality data. At the same time, they can insist that their suppliers use a specific checking profile. Suppliers who use Q-Checker can assure their customers and partners that they are delivering accurate models that are based on a consistent standard of modeling practices.

•  Files checking for files transferred from other CAD software
CATIA users frequently need to use multiple CAD systems and data, a practice that frequently leads to problems with data translation. This usually calls for significant reworking and redesigning. Q-Checker helps to catch errors and adjust standards quickly and effectively, allowing for speedy recovery.

•  Check Seal
Q-Checker allows you to store the results in a check seal. This provides still greater security and helps to save time since the receiving part does not have to be rechecked against the specified Profile.

To learn more about Q-Checker, download our datasheet or contact us today.