Digitize Designs

Digitize Designs is excited to attend this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago!

Join us from September 14th to 19th at Booth #134028 as we explore the latest advancements in 3D scanning and metrology and share how innovative solutions are helping manufacturers improve their workflows.

Considering attending? Complimentary registration passes are available for Digitize Designs customers. Contact our team to request your pass and make plans to join us in Chicago: https://hubs.li/Q04tsD0q0

A smarter way to upgrade.

For a limited time only, we’re offering up to 20% off Scanology equipment with an eligible trade in. Make the most of your existing equipment by putting it towards an upgrade that elevates your 3D scanning capabilities.

Ready to make the upgrade? Contact our team to explore your trade-in options: https://hubs.li/Q04tsxmm0

GD&T is the engineering language that defines not just the size of a feature but how it relates to everything around it. A hole isn't simply 10 mm in diameter. It has a location, an orientation, and a tolerance zone that only makes sense relative to a datum reference frame.

Verifying those callouts manually meant a CMM operator touching one point at a time, probing a handful of locations per feature, and building a report by hand. On a complex part with dozens of characteristics, that's a full shift of work that still only samples a fraction of the surface.

3D scanning captures millions of points across the entire part in minutes. Every callout evaluated from the same dataset, automatically, with a complete color deviation map at the end. Same engineering standard. Fraction of the time.

Inspect more parts. To tighter tolerances. With the same number of people.

That's the reality most quality teams are navigating right now, and the answer isn't hiring more inspectors. It's letting the inspection cell run while nobody is in the room.

Lights-out 3D inspection is mature technology. The difference between a cell that runs all night and one that jams at 2 a.m. comes down to a handful of engineering decisions made upfront. We put together a full guide on exactly those decisions, from the four building blocks of an automated cell to the phased plan that gets you from one pilot part to full production.

In medical device manufacturing, an inspection report isn't just paperwork. It's evidence. And when an FDA investigator asks how you verified a device met its drawing, "we probed twelve points" isn't the strongest answer.

3D scanning captures millions of points across the entire part surface, producing a full-surface deviation map that shows exactly where a device conforms and where it doesn't. For orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, and patient-specific devices, that's a fundamentally different level of verification.

We put together a full guide for QA engineers evaluating scan-based inspection in regulated environments, from device classification and 21 CFR Part 11 through validation and Gage R&R.

The strongest ROI case for a 3D scanner is built on your numbers, not a vendor's estimate.

Our team helps manufacturers model the return against their own part volumes, labor rates, and inspection costs, and prove it out on representative parts before any purchase is made. For teams not ready to buy, our inspection services deliver the same results on a per-project basis, so you confirm the return before committing the capital.

Either way, we help you build a case leadership can approve.

Meet Artec 3D's latest innovation: Artec Point II.

Designed as a seamless upgrade to Artec Point, Point II provides the same trusted accuracy users rely on, while delivering more detailed data and faster scanning.

Artec Point II features 54 laser lines in ultra-fast mode and 17 parallel lines in hyperfine mode, enabling data capture of up to 5.8 million points per second, more than double the capabilities of Artec Point. Combined with metrology-grade accuracy down to 0.02 mm, the Artec Point II delivers enhanced detail and precision in every scan.

Discover Artec Point II. Schedule a demo with Digitize Designs: https://hubs.li/Q04s1xf_0

Need a first article inspection package that holds up to an aerospace audit? That's exactly what our team delivers.

We run the complete workflow: 3D scan capture, datum alignment, full-surface heat maps, GD&T evaluation in Geomagic Control X, and a Form 3 populated directly from the measured results with no manual transcription.
For the features that need the lowest uncertainty, deep bores, tight datums, we back the scan with a portable CMM so every characteristic is verified with the right instrument.

If you need a compliant, deliverable-ready FAI package without building the capability in-house, let's talk.

Our lead engineer took the brand new Artec Jet for a walk in Downtown Greenville last week 🚶 on the beautiful suspension bridge in Falls Park.

We can't wait to share the final scan with you - but in the meantime, here are a few reasons why this scanner is blowing our minds:

✅ Survey-grade accuracy of ±10 mm — no GPS needed
✅ Captures up to 1,920,000 points per second
✅ 300 m sensing range
✅ Works indoors, outdoors, and underground in a single session
✅ Seven ways to deploy it — handheld, drone, vehicle, backpack, robot, and more

Greenville's suspension bridge has never looked quite like this before. Trust us. 👀

Final scan reveal coming soon — stay tuned!

Scanning Solutions for Reflective, Transparent, and Dark Parts

Good news if you're tired of fighting chrome, glass, or matte black parts: there's a real fix, and it's simpler than you'd think.

A thin coat of vanishing spray turns a problem surface into a perfect scanning target, then disappears on its own, no cleanup needed. Add reference targets for big or tricky parts, and pair it all with a scanner built to handle hard surfaces, and even the trickiest jobs become routine.

We carry the full AESUB spray lineup and the scanners to match. Tell us what you're working on and we'll point you to the right setup.

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