Geomagic Control X Essentials

Introducing A Powerful 3D Inspection Software at an Affordable Price

Product quality always had a direct impact a company’s brand and reputation. 3D Systems now introduces two new software packages based on the industry-known Geomagic Control X professional platform. Imagine getting a feature-rich 3D metrology system at an affordable price that covers all of your fundamental inspection needs! With these two new lower-priced editions, more people can benefit from using scan data from a 3D scanner or portable CMM for scan-based inspection.

Works With Any 3D Scanner or Portable CMM

Control X is built to work with 3D scan data natively. This means it’s optimized to work with 3D measurement devices that can collect 500,000 or even 1 million points per second! Whether you have a 3D scanner or a portable CMM, Geomagic Control X handles them all beautifully.

Three Editions

Choose from the three packages that best fits your inspection needs:

Geomagic Control X Essentials Edition

Geomagic Control X Essentials Edition

Geomagic Control X Essentials is most affordable edition. Compatible with any 3D scanner or portable CMM, this is a great solution for companies who is getting started on scan-based inspection and want to realize the benefits of 3D inspection software without a large investment.

Built on the same software platform, you can upgrade to the Essentials Connect or Professional edition at any time.

Geomagic Control X Essentials Connect

Geomagic Control X Essentials Connect

Geomagic Control X Essentials Connect is ~ 1/2 the price of the professional edition!

It includes all the features of Essentials and includes the ability to directly connect with native interfaces for popular 3D scanners and portable CMMs.

Built on the same software platform, you can upgrade to the Professional edition at any time.

Geomagic Control X Professional Edition

Geomagic Control X Professional

Geomagic Control X Professional is the full version of the 3D inspection and metrology platform. It’s built for organizations that need advanced and automated inspection workflows and it’s especially ideal for factory environment.

Also included is airfoil analysis tools to control the quality of turbines, blisks, blings or blades. It automates the measurement of:

  • Airfoil profiles
  • Leading and trailing edge position and thickness
  • Camber lines
  • Chord angles and lengths
  • 2D twist analysis

Feature Comparison

Choose from three packages that best fits your inspection needs:

Features New!
Geomagic Control X Essentials Affordable, General-Purpose 3D Inspection Software
New!
Geomagic Control X Essentials Connect Directly Connects To Leading Portable CMMs and 3D Scanners
Full Version
Geomagic Control X Professional Comprehensive Metrology Platform for Advanced and Automated Workflows
Comprehensive Inspection Tools (Import, Edit, Align, Extract, Compare)
Reporting Tools
Repeatable Inspection Routines
Direct Plugin Scanning
Portable Metrology Device Support and Tools
Automated Inspection
Multi-Result Inspection
Surface Defect Inspection Tools
Native CAD Importer
Airfoil Analysis

Smart Features

Let Geomagic Control X do all the hard work for you. This 3D metrology software is built to be easy to use. Pick it up, get what you need, report it out, and move onto the rest of your work.

feature intelligence

Feature Intelligence Saves Time

Defining the alignments, deviation comparisons, dimensions, and tolerances you want to measure is extremely fast because of Control X’s feature intelligence. There’s no need to manually define features.


  • Smart Dimensioning With Single Click
    Smart Dimensioning With A Single Click

    Whether you’re starting with a CAD model or a scanned golden part, features are all automatically recognized so you don’t have to manually set up and match feature pairs like in other metrology software.

  • Fast Scan-To-CAD Comparison
    Scan-To-CAD Comparison Instantly

    Control X lets you create scan-to-CAD comparison color maps that show in an instant exactly where a part is deviating from a CAD model or a scanned golden part. Get a comprehensive view all in one shot.

  • Synchronous Inspection
    Flexible, Synchronous Inspection

    Add or change any aspect of your inspection process at any time, without worrying about how the rest of the inspection will be impacted. Control X takes care of it all. Get flexible, repeatable measurements every time.

Validated Accuracy

Scan data requires a specialized set of capabilities to remove noise and extract measurements in a valid and repeatable way. Control X does this and has been certified by published test results from three major standards organizations for handling point cloud data.

Everything You Need

What people love about Control X is that it already comes as a complete inspection package with these special features.

  • Scan and Mesh Processing
    Scan and Mesh Processing
  • Native CAD Importers with PMI Import
    Native CAD Importers with PMI Import
  • Custom Reporting and Trend Analysis
    Custom Reporting and Trend Analysis
  • Airfoil Analysis
    Airfoil Analysis (Full Version only)
  • Deviation Location
    Deviation Location
  • Automate with Clicks
    Automate with Clicks, Not Code