The increased demand for inspecting parts and tools at multiple times in multiple places within the manufacturing chain requires software products that can be used on a variety of different inspection hardware platforms including Manual CMMs, CNC CMM's, Inspection Arms, Optical MMs, Laser Trackers and Line Laser Probes as well as on Machine Tools. PowerINSPECT provides a common user environment across all these hardware platforms ensuring operators can work flexibly whilst keeping the cost of training at an minimum. Benefits include * Comparison against all mainstream CAD formats * Rapid alignment even for complex freeform shapes * Inspection of user-defined sections * The ability to inspect along the edge of a part * Full Geometric Inspection capabilities * Automatic creation of inspection features from CAD nominals * A step by step Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) Wizard * Point, wireframe and surface export for measured entities * CAD manipulation - including surface offsetting (e.g. reverse side for sheet metal, spark gap for electrodes) * Fully-customisable reporting in easy-to-understand formats