Implementation of Quality Information Framework (QIF): Towards Automatic Generation of Inspection Plan from Model-Based Definition (MBD) of Parts

Abstract

Smart manufacturing relay on digitalization that provides a seamless flow of information between various stages of design, manufacturing, and quality control of products. Digital manufacturing-based industrial environment requires the manufacturing systems to be integrated, flexible, adaptable, and automated. Present computer-aided systems fall short of interoperable integration among machines and systems. This paper covers interoperability and automation of Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI) systems by means of QIF standard as a major tool. This paper discusses the QIF standard, its structure, and the implementation methods of QIF. It describes the development of software tools using Python language for the generation of QIF files from MBD (STEP AP 242) and also the automatic generation of DMIS inspection plan from QIF file.