A hand holds the stylus of a MicroScribe arm in front of a laptop showing the MicroScribe Arm Tester page at revware.net. The page reads Connected: MicroScribe G2LX and shows a live stylus view, six joint dials, and position and orientation readouts. Blue, red, and yellow MicroScribe arms stand behind the laptop.

Does it still work?

Notes on 3D Measurement Support · MicroScribe Arm Tester A MicroScribe turned up in a closet, or is sitting on ...
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A MicroScribe stylus touches the rim of a machined wheel while sparse probed points on the left dissolve into the finished SOLIDWORKS model on the right.

Intentional

Notes on 3D Measurement Design Philosophy · Measurement Methods Probing and scanning put human judgment in different places. That decides ...
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A hand moves the stylus of unit 0, the red 1995 MicroScribe prototype, while a Windows 11 laptop beside it shows live coordinates in MUS and captured points in Excel.

Unit 0

Notes on 3D Measurement Design Philosophy · MicroScribe Longevity The oldest MicroScribe in existence, running the newest software in existence. ...
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Branded Revware quote card over a darkened archive photo of a clay character model being digitized, reading: Your computer already knows how to talk to a MicroScribe.

Plug it in

Notes on 3D Measurement Design Philosophy · MicroScribe Engineering Why no MicroScribe has ever needed a driver install, and how ...
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A red MicroScribe portable CMM on a stand measuring the front suspension of a white Nissan GT4 race car, with the wheel removed showing a slotted brake rotor, Brembo caliper, and blue coil-over spring.

Serial 60327: a racing life

Notes on 3D Measurement Customer Stories · MicroScribe Longevity Steve Conover has measured race car suspensions with the same MicroScribe ...
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Branded Revware quote card reading: A MicroScribe never has to retire. On customer commitment. Tom Welsh, President and CEO, Revware Inc.

A MicroScribe never has to retire

Notes on 3D Measurement Customer Commitment · Service & Support We service every MicroScribe ever built, and the measurement software ...
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Quote card: Verify continuously, not at the finish line. A MicroScribe measuring a cast housing on the bench.

Additive is growing up

Notes on 3D Measurement Point of view · In-process quality Real-time, in-process quality verification is the shift that turns additive ...
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A researcher digitizing a primate cranium with a yellow MicroScribe arm.

Keeping the tools alive

Notes on 3D Measurement Stewardship · Forensic Anthropology Why I took over maintaining 3D-ID and 3Skull, two tools the forensic ...
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Data File Conversion in Landmark-Based GMM

The Challenge of Different Data File Formats in GMM Applications There is no arguing the importance of high data integrity ...
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Revware’s Commitment to Environmental Sustainability

A Message from the CEO When we founded Revware in 1992, it was with the hope of having a positive ...
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Setting a part alignment using a corner fixture

Why Align?

When following any process, there are certain strategies you can use to improve your efficiency, like studying road signs before ...
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Robot Teaching Using the MicroScribe Digitizer

When thinking about robots, it is easy to view them as a symbol of the future. But what if I ...
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What is Digitizing?

Digitizing is the science (and art, many would say), of collecting information about a physical object or space into a ...
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Data Integrity & Error in the use of Portable CMMs

In today’s technological world, data drives every aspect of business processes and decisions. An entire field of study, applied metrology, ...
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Sparse vs. Dense Data – the Power of Points and Clouds

There are many buzzwords floating around in the world of metrology. When it comes to determining what you would ultimately ...
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On Walkabout With a MicroScribe Arm

Recently, just before heading out of town to a trade show to be followed by a few days of personal ...
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