Laser line scanning is ideal for noncontact measurement applications, including inspection, cloud-to-computer-aided design (CAD) comparison, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering and 3-D modeling. Laser line probes use a triangulation process to find the position of objects in space.

Work-around techniques are still commonplace throughout all manufacturing industries, even though most companies actively embrace and implement quality control procedures. Rather than rejecting incorrectly fitting parts and subassemblies and re-engineering the process to make them right, manufacturers continue to use loose go-with-work/no-go tests and work-around procedures to cover out-of-control processes.