For decades three-dimensional (3D) measurements of engineering components have been made using fixed metrologyroom
based coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) fitted most commonly with single point or to a much lesser extent,
scanning tactile probes. Over the past decade there has been a rapid uptake in development and subsequent use of
portable optical-based 3D coordinate measuring systems. These optical based systems capture vast quantities of point
data in a very short time, often permitting freeform surfaces to be digitised. Documented standards for the verification of
fixed CMMs fitted with tactile probes are now widely available, whereas verification procedures and more specifically
verification artefacts for optical-based systems are still in their infancy.
To assist industry in the verification of optical based coordinates systems, this paper describes a freeform verification
artefact that has been developed, calibrated and used to support a measurement intercomparison between a fixed CMM
and a number of optical based systems. These systems employ technologies involving laser triangulation scanning,
photogrammetry and fringe projection. The NPL freeform verification artefact is presented and a measurement
intercomparison is reported which identifies that the accuracy of the optical-based systems tested is not as good as tactile
probing systems.
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