MBD Productivity & Quality Software

Model-based workflows ensuring human & machine-readable data for interoperability downstream between design, manufacturing, and quality.

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Standards-based digital thread for OEMs and Suppliers

Publish once.
Reuse directly.

Turn CAD geometry, semantic PMI, and engineering characteristics into trusted, machine-readable data OEMs can publish once and Suppliers reuse directly.

MBD Ready:
Trusted, validated engineering data.

 Automation Ready:
Engineering intent software can act on.

AI Ready:
Structured engineering data AI can understand.

One source of engineering truth.

Less interpretation. Less transcription. Less rework.

Structured quality results flow back to the OEM, closing the loop across the supply chain.

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OEM and Supplier Win Win

Stop rebuilding engineering data at every handoff.

Traditional Workflow - Manufacturing

Drawing-based Workflow

  • ✗Drawings, PDFs, and screenshots
  • ✗Manual re-entry and interpretation
  • ✗Revision risk and lost context
  • ✗Slow FAI, PPAP, and report cycles
  • ✗Spreadsheets and email for data exchange
Standards-based MBD workflow

Standards-based Workflow

  • ✓One authoritative 3D product definition
  • ✓Validated semantic PMI and GD&T
  • ✓Standards-based QIF and STEP AP242 exchange
  • ✓Automated downstream use
  • ✓Structured quality results returned to the OEM
For OEMs

Publish trusted engineering intent

  • Launch products faster: Deploy MBD workflows across the enterprise and supply chain.

  • Reduce quality escapes and costly rework: Single source of truth for PMI, tolerances, and critical requirements.

  • Improve supplier consistency: Clear, unambiguous requirements that are human- and machine-readable.

  • Automate inspection and manufacturing workflows: Connect CAD data to metrology, CMM programming, and quality systems.

  • True digital thread: Traceable, standardized engineering data across design, manufacturing, and quality.
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OEM
For Suppliers

Reuse engineering intent directly

Supplier
  • Win more work: Easier to win contracts & onboard to modern digital manufacturing programs.

  • Quote & manufacture with confidence: Reduce ambiguity, clarifications, and interpretation time from drawings.

  • Lower scrap and rework: Catch requirement issues earlier and use reliable PMI directly from the model.

  • Speed up inspection planning: Reuse model-based PMI for automated measurement planning and reporting.

  • Improve on-time delivery and margins: Streamline workflows from programming to production to first-article inspection.
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THE CAPVIDIA DIFFERENCE

Technical excellence & expert support

Software is only part of the solution.

For more than 30 years, Capvidia has helped manufacturers solve complex MBD, interoperability, and digital manufacturing challenges.

We work directly with your engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to understand existing workflows, identify bottlenecks, and deliver solutions built around measurable business outcomes.

Our difference is the combination of software, standards expertise, and hands-on implementation, helping you move from isolated MBD initiatives to scalable, production-ready digital workflows.

From global OEMs to their suppliers, Capvidia connects people, processes, and systems with trusted, machine-readable data—enabling automation, interoperability, collaboration, and a stronger digital thread.

4 Pillars MBD - Capvidia
SOFTWARE

Entire suite of MBD/MBE software

MBDVidia

  • Publish any native CAD to neutral MBD CAD file (QIF or STEP242).
  • Use MBD data for downstream processes (FAI, CMM, etc.).
  • Auto-capture annotations from any 2D PDF drawing.
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Balloon 2D
  • Auto-balloon 2D drawings for inspection and FAI
  • Extract dimensions, tolerances, notes, and characteristics
  • Create machine-readable Bill of Characteristics for downstream quality workflows
CompareVidia
  • Compare and validate native, neutral, derivative, and revised CAD files for geometry and PMI.
  • Pass DPD/MBD requirements for Boeing, Lockheed, and more.
MBDConnect
  • Export MBD CAD file from your native CAD software.
  • Make your PMI machine-readable.
Pundit
  • Perform inspection simulation that calculates task-specific measurement uncertainties for CMM measurements.

FAQ

What does it mean to be "MBD Ready"?

 MBD Ready means you can publish, consume, and validate machine-readable engineering intent—CAD geometry + semantic PMI + defined characteristics—so downstream teams and suppliers can build and inspect without ambiguity, rekeying, or rework. 

What is machine-readable MBD?

Machine-readable MBD is MBD data stored as structured, semantic information (not just graphics). That lets software automatically extract PMI and characteristics to drive workflows like translation to QIF/STEP AP242, inspection planning, CMM programming, ballooning/BoC, and results reporting. 

How can Capvidia help if we’re starting or behind on MBD?

 Capvidia helps you catch up by standardizing and validating MBD at the source, translating to neutral standards like QIF and STEP AP242, and enabling inspection-ready workflows with traceable results packages, so you can start with a pilot and scale confidently. 

Why use QIF?

 Quality Information Framework (QIF) creates a common, standards-based quality data layer for characteristics, plans, and results. It improves interoperability, reduces manual inspection prep, strengthens revision control, and makes FAI/inspection reporting more consistent and audit-ready across sites and suppliers. 

How do we start MBD without disrupting production?

Start with a small, measurable pilot. Define PMI/characteristic rules, validate every released model, publish to QIF/STEP AP242 for downstream use, and close the loop with an inspection-ready results package. Prove time/rework savings—then roll out the same playbook to more programs and suppliers. 

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