FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION SOFTWARE
Drop the model. One minute later, your first article report.
GALGA PMI reads the model PMI and the drawing dimensions, and delivers the numbered characteristic list, the ballooned drawing, the PPAP Excel, the FAI form and a QIF file for your CMM. One numbering everywhere, and your files never leave your computer.
Try it free for 7 daysSend us your partSee how it works
- 98.1%accuracy on NIST public test parts
- 0CAD licences needed
- 100%on your computer, no cloud
What you get
Documents ready to work with, with the same numbering throughout.
From the customer’s 3D model or drawing, every document you are asked for, in minutes. Balloon 7 is always balloon 7.
List
Numbered characteristics
Nominal, tolerances and limits for every dimension, with its source.
Ballooned drawing or model
The same number on the drawing, in the report and on the CMM.
Excel
PPAP and FAI form
PPAP dimensional report and AS9102 characteristic accountability form.
QIF 3.0
For your CMM
The characteristics ready for programming the measurement.
HTML
3D viewer
Opens in any browser, no CAD licence needed.
One single numbering
From model to measured part, balloon 7 is always balloon 7.
Customer, engineering office, toolmaker, metrology and quality all work from the same list. Nobody has to transfer dimensions from one document to another again.
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What you receive
3D model with PMI, STEP or PDF drawing, just as the customer sends it.
- 2
The numbered list
Every characteristic with its number, nominal, limits and source.
- 3
The reports
Ballooned drawing, PPAP Excel and FAI form, with the same numbering.
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The CMM
A QIF 3.0 file to program the measurement without retyping anything.
See it in action
The part, the drawing and the Excel file, with the same numbering.
Real GALGA PMI screenshots of a synthetic demo part (DEMO-0001-A), with no customer data. Click an image to enlarge it.
No customer data. Want to see it with your own files? Try it for 7 days.
The problem
Hundreds of dimensions, typed by hand, all over again.
The customer’s model arrives and someone copies every dimension into a spreadsheet, numbers it on the drawing and types it again for the PPAP and for the CMM. Hours per part number, and an error waiting to surface in the audit.
The solution
Read once. Used everywhere.
GALGA reads the data at the source, the customer’s model, and carries it with the same numbering into the list, the report, the PPAP and the CMM. When a new model level arrives, it tells you what has changed.
Who it is for
For anyone who receives the customer’s model and has to respond fast.
Injection moulding and Tier 2
Suppliers
Characteristic list and PPAP the same day the model arrives.
Tier 1 and OEMs
Purchasing and quality
A common format with your suppliers, and QIF for your CMMs.
Mould and die makers
Engineering office
The customer’s critical dimensions from day one, plus a review of the mould 3D.
Gauges and metrology
Lab
Datums, locating pins and measurement programs with the customer’s numbering.
Training and research
Vocational training, universities, associations
Free licences and classroom material in GALGA Academy.
One report, many names
Whether it is called PPAP, FAI or first sample, your customer is asking for the same thing.
All characteristics numbered on the drawing or model, their nominal and limits, the measured value and how it was measured. GALGA builds the list once and delivers it in each customer’s format.
PPAP · PPF
Automotive
Dimensional report per model level, control plan and capability.
FAI · AS9102
Aerospace
Characteristic form with number, requirement, result and method.
FAI · EN 9100
Defence
The same report, with one extra condition: the files never leave the company.
First sample
Semiconductors and precision
Ballooned drawing and a nominal versus measured report.
FAI · ISO 22163
Rail
First part documented before series production, with traceability.
PPAP · PPF
Batteries and energy
Control plan and capability from the first part.
Unsure about the acronyms? Glossary with shop-floor examples · FAI report · PPAP
Two ways to work
Do it yourself, or let us do it?
Same engine, same result. Choose based on how many part numbers you have and whether your files can leave the building.
Licence
Try it yourself
The software on your computer. Your files never leave your company at any point. For anyone with new part numbers every month.
From €890 per year · 7-day free trial
Try it for 7 daysPer-part service
Send us your part
We sign an NDA, you send us the model and within 48 hours you have the list, the ballooned drawing and the report, reviewed by an engineer. We delete your files within 30 days at the latest.
From €90 per part number · rush in 24 h
Send us your partLots of part numbers a year? The licence works out cheaper, and we will tell you so. Calculate your savings.
Privacy and honesty
Your customer’s models never leave your computer.
What you signed in the NDA is kept by design. And no value appears without telling you where it came from.
Local
On your PC
Works offline. Nothing is uploaded to any server.
Licence
No external server
Signed and bound to your machine.
Source
Every value, with its source
Read or inferred, always marked, with the fingerprint of the source file.
Traffic light
Doubtful items, for review
Anything it cannot read with confidence is flagged for you to confirm.
What it reads and what it fits with
Reads what your customer sends. Delivers what you already use.
Input
What it reads
3D models with PMI in STEP AP242 and JT, 3D PDFs exported from CATIA and vector PDF drawings. Siemens NX 3D PDFs and scanned drawings too, with more characteristics flagged for review.
Output
Works with what you already use
It does not replace your Excel, your quality system or your CMM: it feeds them. You store the results where you already do.
Moulds
It reviews moulds too
Review the mould 3D before you approve it: cooling, ejection, threads, hot runner, draft, drawings and acceptance sheet.
Public validation
98% accuracy on parts anyone can download.
We measure against the public NIST test parts: a characteristic only counts if the type, nominal, tolerance and datums all match. Anything that cannot be read with confidence is flagged.
- 423/431correct characteristics in STEP AP242
- 98.1%accuracy, using the published method
- 0CAD licences needed
- 100%on your computer, no cloud
Free tools
Quality templates that fill themselves in.
A gauge is a reference master. So are these: made by shop-floor people, free, and with nothing asked in return.
Guide · checklist
Error-free dimensional PPAP
The 10 errors that cause the most rejections and a one-page checklist to review the report before you send it.
Excel
Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk calculator
Paste in your measurements and get the indices, with a warning when the sample is too small to be trusted.
Excel
8D report
From D0 to D8, with target dates and root cause analysis using the 5 Whys and Ishikawa.
Browser
Free STEP viewer
Open your customer’s 3D model without a CAD licence and without uploading it to any cloud.
More in templates and in the glossary with shop-floor examples.
Challenges and classroom
Between the 3D model and the measured part, tell us your challenge.
Companies
A part that won’t cooperate?
Meshes without drawings, PMI nobody can open or a report that never quite closes. We look into it with you and an engineer replies within 24 hours.
GALGA Academy
Training and research
Free licences for the classroom and for bachelor’s and master’s projects and PhD theses, talks and free material for vocational schools, universities and associations.
Customer reviews
You will not find made-up reviews here.
We are starting our first pilots. We will publish what our customers tell us, with or without their name, and only with their written permission.
Want to be one of them? How the pilot works. Preparing a PPAP? Read the guide “Error-free dimensional PPAP”.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a CATIA, NX or other CAD licence?
No. GALGA reads the model directly and the viewer it delivers opens in any browser.
Do my files leave my company?
With the licence, never: the software runs on your computer, offline. With the per-part service, we sign an NDA and delete the files within 30 days.
How much does it cost?
The Base licence, which already reads 3D PMI and drawings, is €890 per year, with a 7-day trial and no card required. The per-part service starts at €90.
We already do FAI in Excel. Why change?
You do not need to change tools: GALGA hands you the list already in Excel. What you save is typing every dimension and checking by hand that the numbering matches the drawing.