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The invention and improvement of 3D measurement technologies over the past six decades have made it possible to manufacture increasingly sophisticated and high-quality products. It started in the 1960s when coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) arrived in the automotive industry along with the first 3D measurement software. In those days, software engineering was in its infancy, with no standard computer or operating system. As a result, these early 3D measurement products were closed systems and every brand of 3D metrology hardware provided its own software. And so began a culture where multiple software products were required in 3D measurement labs.