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Major automotive and manufacturing companies that have standardized on PolyWorks place great importance on procedural compliance and operational consistency. As a result, they are often cautious about adopting new ecosystems or workflows, preferring to continue using the software and features they already know and trust.
Recognizing this reality, FARO CREAFORM and InnovMetric have combined their expertise to offer the automotive and manufacturing industries a more integrated inspection workflow. This strategic collaboration marks a seamless integration of FARO CREAFORM 3D scanners within PolyWorks, enabling users to fully leverage PolyWorks’ advanced capabilities—directly through FARO CREAFORM’s industry-leading scanning technology.
Turning Integration Challenges Into a Seamless Experience
To minimize the cost of adopting new technology without disrupting established processes, seamless data integration within the PolyWorks environment is essential.
For companies seeking to switch to high-end 3D scanning solutions, this integration ensures smooth process continuity—avoiding interface changes while maintaining existing workflows, guidance tools, and macros.
The new integration overcomes these constraints and streamlines the user experience, ensuring full feature accessibility and smoother workflows. It also simplifies the adoption of FARO CREAFORM 3D scanning technology by automotive and manufacturing companies, reducing the need for additional training and easing onboarding.
A New Level of Integration for a Simplified Adoption
With this new integration, FARO CREAFORM becomes the only auto-referencing 3D scanning technology fully compatible with all advanced PolyWorks features, including scanning guidance, automatic CAD alignment, AR/VR, and automation macros. This integration also enables real-time data visualization and gives users full access to PolyWorks tools and features during acquisition—all while preserving their familiar workflows.
This means that it has never been easier for automotive and manufacturing companies to replace their old measuring technology with FARO CREAFORM 3D scanners. The integration gives them full access to the tools and functions they already know, but with a more accurate and advanced measurement device.
This integration is also accessible to all FARO CREAFORM users, who can now acquire scan data directly within PolyWorks. Unlike other systems that operate in closed environments, the PolyWorks– FARO CREAFORM synergy offers true interoperability with multiple measurement instrument options.
A Unified Metrology Ecosystem That Benefits Everyone
With this new integration, users already standardized on PolyWorks can now perform their entire inspection process within the environment they know. They gain the best of both worlds: the superior accuracy of FARO CREAFORM’s 3D measurement technology combined with the full functionality of the PolyWorks ecosystem. This allows them to keep using their existing layouts, macros, input and output settings, measurement reports, and data loops—without changing their established workflows.
A Streamlined Inspection Experience for Manufacturing and Automotive
In short, this integration enables the automotive and manufacturing industry to take full advantage of PolyWorks’ advanced tools and features with FARO CREAFORM 3D scanners. By seamlessly integrating data acquisition into the PolyWorks environment, it reduces training requirements, simplifies onboarding, and capitalizes on existing operator expertise—all while improving workflow efficiency.
This collaboration embodies the shared commitment of FARO CREAFORM and InnovMetric, two Quebec companies built on local engineering talent, to their customers and to the industry as a whole. Together, they remain dedicated to maintaining collaborative ecosystems that will continue to advance metrology and shape the future of automotive inspection.
Putting Compatibility into Action: The Martinrea Honsel Advantage
A great example of this synergy can be seen at Martinrea Honsel, where full‑part scanning with a Creaform metrology‑grade scanner has enabled faster validation and more detailed inspections across complex aluminum castings. By pairing the scanner’s complete surface capture with PolyWorks’ powerful comparison and colormap analysis, their quality team can instantly visualize deviations, confirm machining stock, and identify potential issues long before parts reach downstream operations. This combined workflow has helped them accelerate approval cycles, reduce rework, and maintain higher dimensional conformity across every casting they produce.