Patent ID: 6571484
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B29C,B33Y,G01B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of design and manufacture of a conformance gauge for checking conformance of at least one selected feature of a manufactured component within tolerance limits of the nominal dimensions of the feature, the component having been designed using CAD tools, through use of which there has been created a first CAD data file containing the co-ordinates of the nominal dimensions of the component design and the at least one selected feature, the method of designing the conformance gauge comprising creating a second CAD data file containing the coordinates of the nominal dimensions of the conformance gauge including an inspection feature corresponding to the at least one selected feature of the component design, wherein the co-ordinates of the inspection feature are derived from or are copied from the co-ordinates of the at least one selected feature contained in the first CAD data file, and then manufacturing the gauge via rapid prototyping process using the second CAD data file.