{"id":98140,"date":"2026-08-26T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/?p=98140"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:58:47","slug":"geometric-deep-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/geometric-deep-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometric Deep Learning: taking the measurement-point work off engineers\u2019 hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div 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data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-max-width:100%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;AvenirNextLTPro-Demi&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:400;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h1_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h1_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h1_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h1_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:saturate(86%) contrast(119%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:saturate(86%) contrast(119%);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" class=\"image-magnify\" class=\"image-scroll\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"512\" title=\"gdl-hero-banner-2560&#215;512-1 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-98413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1-200x40.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1-400x80.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1-600x120.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1-800x160.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1-1200x240.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gdl-hero-banner-2560x512-1-1.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\"><p>A new body part comes out of design, and before it can be manufactured, the painstaking work begins: Where do the clamping points for the fixture go? Where are the weld points? Which locations belong in the measurement plan? Up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colabsoftware.com\/research\/23-of-engineering-time-spent-on-non-value-added-work\">23% of an engineering team\u2019s time<\/a> goes into this kind of preliminary work \u2013 points that are effectively re-set by hand for every new part variant, even though the databases often already hold a very similar part from an earlier project for which they were long ago defined. This is exactly where we at inpro come in, with our expertise in Geometric Deep Learning.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-2 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left ip_box ip_contentbox ip_columnbox\" style=\"--awb-title-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color8);border-width:0px;background-color:var(--awb-color4);box-sizing:content-box;height:36px;width:36px;line-height:36px;border-radius:50%;font-size:18px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-question fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">Untapped engineering knowledge in the CAD archives<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Legacy CAD data is an untapped treasure. A part is redesigned several times over the years \u2013 and each time, defining reference and inspection points starts over from scratch, even though a geometrically almost identical predecessor part already exists. Conventional search systems find only exact duplicates or parts with matching metadata, but no geometric similarity across different naming conventions and storage locations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color8);border-width:0px;background-color:var(--awb-color4);box-sizing:content-box;height:36px;width:36px;line-height:36px;border-radius:50%;font-size:18px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-lightbulb fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">Our workflow: find a similar part, transfer the points, validate the result<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Based on AI and digital twin technologies\u00a0we developed a three-stage workflow together with Volkswagen and Siemens:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Search<\/strong> \u2013 For a new part, we automatically find the most geometrically similar reference part in the existing data \u2013 regardless of file name or storage structure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer<\/strong> \u2013 We detect which regions of the reference part and the new part correspond to each other and automatically transfer the points already defined there \u2013 clamping, weld, measurement, and inspection points. The engineer only needs to review and fine-tune our proposal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Validation<\/strong> \u2013 We validate the transferred concept numerically, for example through structural simulation, before it is released.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-max-width:3000px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" class=\"image-magnify\" class=\"image-scroll\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1140\" title=\"gdl-workflow-ci-en-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-scaled.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-98306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-200x89.png 200w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-400x178.png 400w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-600x267.png 600w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-800x356.png 800w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-1200x534.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gdl-workflow-ci-en-1-scaled.png 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-2 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left ip_box ip_contentbox ip_columnbox\" style=\"--awb-title-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\">\n<div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color8);border-width:0px;background-color:var(--awb-color4);box-sizing:content-box;height:36px;width:36px;line-height:36px;border-radius:50%;font-size:18px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-industry fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">Application in manufacturing planning and quality assurance<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>We are currently developing this approach for several use cases along the process chain, from manufacturing planning through to quality assurance. Initial pilots on a range of body and part geometries already show that points from a reference part can be reliably transferred to a similar but not identical new part. Further use cases are currently being trialed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color8);border-width:0px;background-color:var(--awb-color4);box-sizing:content-box;height:36px;width:36px;line-height:36px;border-radius:50%;font-size:18px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-check fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">The goal: less manual work on safety-critical routine tasks<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Our aim is to relieve engineers of this repetitive but safety-critical task. The necessary hands-on knowledge almost always already exists \u2013 it simply sits in a different CAD model. For the first time, we make it systematically findable and reusable, instead of having to reinvent it for every new project. And our approach is not an isolated solution: it can be integrated as an additional capability into existing engineering and PLM environments, where CAD data, release processes, and quality checks already converge anyway \u2013 for example in the data management, simulation, and quality systems that engineers already work with today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background ip_blog nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><h2>More Industrial Engineering innovations<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-3 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-content-boxes-3 content-boxes-icon-on-top content-left ip_blog_headerheight height_alt\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color4);\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon link-type-text content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/ai-enhanced-part-production-application\/\" target=\"_self\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/teaser-en-90122-1600x838-1.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"838\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">AI-enhanced weldability testing<\/h2><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Testing the weldability of multi-sheet joints is an important technical prerequisite for production. We show how AI shortens this validation step and makes it reproducible.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><a class=\" fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/ai-enhanced-part-production-application\/\" target=\"_self\">+<\/a><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon link-type-text content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/ai-time-series-suite-for-production\/\" target=\"_self\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/teaser-en-60979-1600x838-1.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"838\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">AI-supported analysis of production data<\/h2><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>In times of growing variant diversity, increasing quality requirements and limited expert resources, traditional analysis methods reach their limits. AI-supported analysis of production data helps companies spot patterns and clues to root causes.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><a class=\" fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/ai-time-series-suite-for-production\/\" target=\"_self\">+<\/a><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon link-type-text content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/game-changer-computer-vision-in-store-floor-automation\/\" target=\"_self\"><div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/teaser-en-13116-1600x838-1.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"838\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:24px;line-height:29px;\">Game changer: computer vision in shopfloor automation<\/h2><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Find out how to scale your AI solutions along the value chain with standardised AI hardware and software components.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><a class=\" fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inpro.de\/en\/game-changer-computer-vision-in-store-floor-automation\/\" target=\"_self\">+<\/a><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, discover how Geometric Deep Learning turns untapped engineering knowledge locked in CAD archives into a systematically searchable, reusable asset. 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