Drawing annotation

Drawing in. Inspection sheet out.

Hand-ballooning a drawing can take hours. We find every characteristic, number it and build the sheet. Your inspector measures and signs.

Send one drawing See the steps

Sample bracket, ballooned. Made-up drawing for illustration.

What you get back

Four deliverables per drawing.

Ballooned drawing

Every dimension, tolerance, GD&T frame and note numbered, as PDF.

Characteristic list

Requirement, limits and suggested gauge for each balloon, in a table you can edit.

Inspection sheet

Ready for readings, in your format or ours. AS9102 Forms 1 to 3 for aerospace work.

Results mapped

CMM exports and handwritten sheets matched to balloons, with out-of-tolerance values flagged.

Who does what

AI drafts. You decide.

AIFinds and numbers every characteristic

AIFills part, drawing and revision details

AIReads material and process certificates against drawing notes

AIMaps readings to balloons and flags out-of-tolerance values

YouCheck for missed or doubled features

YouMeasure the part

YouDecide on rework, scrap or customer concession

YouSign and submit

Sample output

A characteristic list.

#	Requirement	Limits	Gauge	Actual	Result
1	Length 120 ±0.1	119.90 – 120.10	CMM	120.03	PASS
4	Bore Ø25.000 +0.021/0	25.000 – 25.021	Bore gauge	25.008	PASS
6	Surface Ra 1.6, bore	≤ 1.6 µm	Profilometer	1.9	OUT

Good fit for

Shops that write inspection paperwork often.

Aerospace and defence

AS9102 first-article packs for each new part number or revision.

Auto components

Dimensional results and inspection sheets for PPAP submissions.

General machining

Customer inspection reports and incoming drawing review.

Pilot

Send one drawing. Get the draft back.

Pick a part number due for inspection. Compare our draft with how your team does it today.

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Share one drawing (PDF) and any certificates. NDA first if you prefer.
We return the ballooned drawing and draft sheet.
Your inspector measures as usual. We map the readings.
You decide whether it saved enough time.

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