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Introducing Dimensions from Level 3 Inspection

Level 3 Inspection Presents:
An advanced software application for Integrated Computer Aided Inspection Processes
For a look at how it’s done, see our animated help section.

DIMENSIONS™

Dimensions™ lets users create ballooned drawings faster and easier than ever before. The real power is in the reporting, with the ability to import data from any measurement device and output that data into any report format. Automatically.

Balloons™: Free Application

Create ballooned drawings from blueprint PDF files, simply and easily.
- Import PDF blueprint/drawing
- Add balloons as overlay
  - Add sequential balloons and sub-balloons, based on any spec/protocol (we have one to recommend)
  - Enter requirements directly into software and automatically tie requirements to balloon, by balloon number.
- Query user for information to be used throughout reports to be generated.
  - Part number
  - Part name
  - Serial number
Export blank forms (MS Excel or any other format)
- AS9102 Forms 1, 2 & 3
- GE specific: eCav form
- PW specific: Risk based AS9102 form 3, 56B, 56C, RMEA and 56C deviation summary
- NetInspect
- Any custom report template you may have
Export ballooned drawings as PDF files
- Select balloon color on export

Reports™: Individual or Site Licensed

Inputs:
- Read inspection device or software outputs, directly into Dimensions™, for use in reporting measured data in specific forms
  - Geomagic importer included
  - GOM Inspect importer included
  - Polyworks importer included
  - Custom importers available for any measurement device or software
Outputs:
- Aerospace specific forms:
  - AS9102 Forms 1, 2 & 3
  - GE specific: eCav form
  - PW specific: Risk based AS9102 form 3, 56B, 56C, RMEA and 56C deviation summary
  - NetInspect Import Template
- Custom forms
  - Custom template creation available
  - Output into any existing report format
- Automatically create deviation summary
- Automatically create capability or probability study, using default template or any custom template
- Ability to create and retain formulas and calculations from imported data to populate calculated measurement data directly from imported data
- Ability to specify at-risk limit by percentage
- Export color coded balloon drawing as a PDF file, with colors showing: pass/fail/at-risk

Call 772-444-7534 or email us to learn more!

The PW 6078 Spec Challenge

The PW 6078 Spec

Pratt & Whitney, as many know, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines. With over 13,000 large commercial engines installed and over 6,500 military engines in service today, Pratt’s innovations in power-plant design continue to set the pace for progress in aviation. They achieved that rank through intense attention to detail, hard work, and dedication to quality and performance.

One of the best and most rigorous examples of that commitment to quality for their innovative engines is the PW-QA 6078 specification. This 57-page specification painstakingly defines the quality control requirements of P&W suppliers of a wide variety of parts, including but not limited to Castings, Forgings, and Sonic Configuration Parts. It defines inspection scope, testing methods, quantity requirements, and much more, and is one of the most critical pieces for a supplier when having parts accepted for purchase.

Interpreting and implementing such a complicated document costs both time and money, and takes real expertise to get it right. It’s updated quarterly, and its revision list alone is 134 pages long . Furthermore, getting it wrong can easily overwhelm in-house departments with backlogs, costing unnecessary rework and go-backs, and halt revenue collection for supplier firms. Does your in-house layout department have the expertise necessary? That’s a risk we don’t think anyone should have to take.

Level 3 Inspection has over 30 combined years of professional experience developing and producing quality inspection layouts falling under the PW 6078 Specification. Using cutting-edge, validated metrology technology and processes, our seasoned technicians and engineers can collect and analyze data fast, and compile comprehensive, accurate reports ready to go directly to your P&W SQR. Let us solve all your inspection needs.

Call us today at 772-444-7534 for a no-cost quote, or email us at sales@level3inspection.com.