During recent years, optical sensors like the ATOS system for digitizing sheet metal parts and tools have been more and more used in the industry. Good interfaces to conventional CAD/CAM systems made such digitizing systems part of complex process chains. These process chains mainly focus on optimizing the development of products and production processes and on improving the product quality. Using optical digitizing systems considerably decreases the development time for products and production while improving the quality. Compared to tactile measuring systems, the typically complete measurement of components with optical systems, provide an important advantage particularly for complex geometries. The following pages focus on the nominal/actual comparison of sheet metals used in the automotive industry for analysis and inspection purposes and on various applications in tool manufacturing. | 
