Leverage the semantic representation of product manufacturing information (PMI) in support of model-based quality engineering to automate feature and tolerance definition and drive better dimensional quality. Tecnomatix® Variation Analysis can extract and validate PMI from various authoring sources via the industry standard JT™ data format, providing feature-based capabilities using tolerances based on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) methods and standards, and downstream computation, augmentation and consumption for all dimensional quality analysis and inspection requirements.

Manufacturing costs can be reduced by maximizing allowable part tolerances while still controlling critical assembly dimensional specifications. Controlling these dimensional characteristics minimizes scrap, rework and warranty defects. Tecnomatix Variation Analysis identifies critical dimensional, tolerance and assembly processes that are key contributors to variation. By adding manufacturing capability data into variation analysis you can perform real-time root-cause analysis of production build problems, helping you improve quality by ensuring that parts fit together properly the first time.