ABSTRACT
The geometrical and dimensional inspection of industrial components to ensure conformity to design criteria constitutes an integral part of the manufacturing system. The dimensional inspection planning should be capable of determining plans and information for measuring the dimensions and tolerances of the manufacturing products [1]. In fact, the product quality data, such as geometrical dimensions, form and positional tolerances, are very important for the analysis, evaluation, and decision making. Moreover, an inspection plan defines the measurement and inspection requirements for the manufactured components. However, the inspection process has to be very efficient and provides enough data to determine if the manufactured components satisfy to the design specifications or not. This requires the development of an automated inspection system, which can integrate computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided inspection planning (CAIP), and coordinate
measuring machine (CMM) systems. The design information from the CAD provides input for the generation of CAIP. The inspection procedure developed by CAIP is then transformed into a measuring program for execution on the CMM [2].
