OmniSurf3D
3D surface texture analysis software
“OmniSurf3D is simple, very easy to use, and gives incredibly detailed results.“
Daniele DeFranceschi, professor, School of Engineering at St. Clair College
Explore and understand your surface data
OmniSurf3D is powerful software for exploring and interacting with areal 3D surface texture data. Fast, visual, and easy to learn, OmniSurf3D lets you see your surfaces like never before.
OmniSurf3D makes it easy for non-experts to learn and use, and it also includes rich analysis capabilities to satisfy power users as well. And, it costs thousands less than competing software, with all features included, right out of the box.
Offline analysis software you can use at your desk
Analyze data from hundreds of instruments
Extremely easy to learn
Loaded with powerful, unique features
Thousands of dollars less than competing software
Analyze surface texture data anywhere
A lot of us analyze data right on the instrument, with the software it came with. That software excels at acquiring data, but the analysis capabilities often fall short. The output may just be a few basic parameters or simple graphics.
OmniSurf3D takes surface analysis away from the measurement instrument. It lets you analyze data at your desk, on the factory floor, wherever you need to see results. Omnisurf3D provides tools that let you interact with data as easily as if you were holding it in your hands. Settings are a click away, and easy to understand.
The result: surface texture data that’s easy to visualize and share—with your team, your customers, and management.
“I really am enjoying working with your software. It is so easy to use and much more user friendly than the software that came with our measurement system.”
– Carrie Rowe, University of Minnesota’s Department of Anthropology
Analyze data from virtually any instrument
OmniSurf3D handles data files from hundreds of measurement instruments, in dozens of file formats—even XYZ point clouds. Now you can analyze data on one common, easy-to-use platform, and share it with everyone that’s involved in part design, production and quality..
“OmniSurf3D handles data from various sources and is incredibly easy to navigate.”
– Dr. Erik Henrikson, Director of Innovation, Ping
Easy-to-learn interface guides you through analysis
Most surface texture software hits you with a daunting array of settings that can dramatically affect data in difficult-to-interpret ways.
OmniSurf3D is designed to make exploring data easy, whether you’re new to surface texture or a metrology expert. It guides you through the steps of processing, with an intuitive interface that shows the results in real time. You can see how your analysis affects the results—so you can see how the texture affects your component’s performance.
“You really make it easier for your users. OmniSurf3D is way too friendly and intuitive.”
– Jack Clark, Surface Analytics
OmniSurf3D’s Pre-Processing cleans up missing pixels and outliers quickly and preserves data integrity in the process.
“To say I’m impressed with the 3D software would be an understatement.“
– Optics Specialist and OmniSurf3D user
To see surface texture, you need to first remove the nominal shape. OmniSurf3D provides a range of geometry options to match most surfaces and reveal the underlying surface details.
“OmniSurf3D has a number of very clever features and tools that aren’t found in most others software. And, it’s faster than anything I’ve seen with complex calculations, filtering etc.”
– Don Cohen. President Michigan Metrology, LLC
OmniSurf3D helps you to quickly filter surface texture so you can focus on the wavelengths that matter for your application, from short-wavelength roughness to longer wavelength waviness and form. Change the cutoff wavelengths with a click. You can even view waviness superimposed over roughness!
The Wavelength Content graph—unique to OmniSurf3D—shows you the wavelengths in your data more clearly and intuitively than in any other software.
Rich visualizations help you see texture. Real numbers help you control it. OmniSurf3D has you covered, with the parameters you need to specify and control surface texture. OmniSurf3D calculates dozens of standard ISO Parameters as well as unique parameters tailored for particular applications. You can configure the output to display as few or as many parameters as your application requires.
Batch process measurement files, fast
If you deal with large amounts of data you know how grueling it can be to process individual data files. OmniSurf3D is lightning-fast at handling large, 3D datasets. Import, analyze, and save multiple files with drag-and-drop simplicity.
“Batch processing is one of its most powerful features. It’s as easy as any function like this should work.”
– Joe O’Hearn, Process Engineering Manager, Supfina North America
Powerful visuals bring texture to life
OmniSurf3D is loaded with features that make data easy to interpret, analyze, and share. Here are just a few of the dozens of features in OmniSurf3D that will change how you look at surface texture data!
See the impact of your analysis
Side-by-side comparison let you see the effects of all of your analysis steps. It’s the fast way to see the “before” and “after” for everything you do in OmniSurf3D.
Cross-sectioning
Creating an XY profile through data is as easy a dragging a cursor. Once you’ve selected the profile you can view heights and widths anywhere along the trace.
The cross-section tool even shows you the minimum pixel resolution of the measurement instrument, displayed as dots along the profile.
Need even more profile analysis? One click will export the current profile to Digital Metrology’s world-renowned OmniSurf (2D) software package
(sold separately, or included as a bundle).
Rotation and Animation
OmniSurf3D lets you spin data as if you’re holding it your hand. But it goes further, too, letting you animate the motion, record it, and drop it into a presentation to share. It’s a powerful tool for describing texture and for showing how it relates to function—even for an audience that is new to surface texture.
Interactive Filtering
Every surface is made up of a range of wavelengths. OmniSurf3D lets you see the wavelengths that affect your application, at a glance. Now you can see, specify, and control the critical wavelengths for any application. There’s never been an easier tool to show what’s in your data!
Cropping
Just click and drag to crop to the area of interest, so you can focus on the information that matters.
The changes can be undone as well, so you won’t lose any of the original data.
Image Overlay
Viewing a surface in its “true colors” really helps us relate to data. Side-by-side views of the height map and the image reveal greater detail than a false-color map can ever do.
Curved Profile Tool
Sometimes roughness matters along a curved path — but a stylus can’t measure along a curve. The Path/Curve Cross Section lets you construct a curved path over your data and analyze the profile along that curve. Find out more in this Surface Matters blog post.
Wear Analysis
The Wear Analysis tool lets you precisely define reference and wear regions and calculate key parameters about the worn scar, such as wear depth and wear volume. This powerful tool makes it easy to explore and analyze a wear scar and to understand how the surface has been worn.
Learn more about the Wear Analysis Tool
You may also want to check out the Profile Wear Analysis tool.
Powerful analysis with unique features and visualizations
OmniSurf3D is incredibly affordable. But if you think “affordable” means it’s light on features, OmniSurf3D will quickly change your mind! It includes unique analysis capabilities that you won’t find in any software, even the most expensive. And, where some software companies make you pay extra for unique features, we include all of these capabilities, standard. And, we are adding more features all the time, which you’ll enjoy in periodic upgrades!
Feature Detection
This powerful analysis lets you analyze hills, pits, peaks, saddles, ridge lines and course line, based on ISO 25178 feature detection (Wolf Pruning) methods and parameters.
Pits and Porosity
This powerful analysis locates pits and pores and calculates their depths and volumes. You can even see how they connect to form potential leak paths.
Plateau Analysis
Explore your honed surfaces, examine the Material Ratio Curve or Probability Analysis, and calculate the crosshatch angle.
Morphological Filters
Powerful morphological tools allow you to explore curvature-related surface features. For example, use a morphological closing filter (a “virtual gasket” to explore sealing surfaces.
Peak Analysis
The Peak Analysis is an interactive tool for visualizing the peak material and spotting important interactions, such as ridges that connect from top-to-bottom or left-to-right.
Material Ratio & Probability
OmniSurf3D’s Material Ratio Curve and Material Probability Curve make it easy to see the peak, valley and core regions of a surface and provide great insight into how a surface will run in and wear.
Surface Editor
Most surface analysis software includes tools for addressing missing pixels and outliers.OmniSurf3D’s Surface Editor Tool, lets you selectively repair missing data and data errors interactively.
Batch Processing
If you deal with large amounts of data you know how grueling it can be to process individual data files. OmniSurf3D is lightning-fast at handling large, 3D datasets. Import, analyze, and save multiple files with drag-and-drop simplicity.
3D Printing
OmniSurf3D now includes the ability to export a 3D solid STL model of your surface for 3D printing: An interactive plot shows you exactly what will print. It’s the ultimate in 3D surface exploration!
Profile Wear Analysis
The interactive Wear Analysis tool that lets you apply a cutting plane to analyze the depth, area and volume of wear scars.
You may also want to check out the Wear Analysis Tool
Elliptical Cross-section
Create a profile along an elliptical path to view, for example, how a round gasket may seal with a mating surface.
XY Profile Analysis
The unique “sparkline” feature lets you spot trends in your 2D profiles at a glance. It helps you see which parameters are most sensitive to the variations that occur in the particular surface.
Crosshatch Analysis
OmniSurf3D’s Wear Analysis is an interactive tool that lets you apply a OmniSurf3D lets you automatically detect and analyze the crosshatch angles for your surface. You can even load image files and calculate crosshatch angles directly from them.
Aspheric Lens Analysis
Most surface analysis software includes Configuring an aspheric reference geometry is very easy in OmniSurf3D. Handy features such as one-click “radius optimization” and terms exporting make asphere analysis fast.
Zonal Flatness
The Zonal Flatness analysis reports local flatness in a highly visual, easy-to-interpret display—a vast improvement over the rudimentary output from must measurement software.
Open Image File
Drag and drop an image directly into OmniSurf3D to look at surface characteristics such as void space, porosity, machining patterns, etc. The spatial information in the image lets you look at these aspects in quantitative as well as qualitative fashion—all using just an image file as the starting point.
1:1 Viewing
How steep are those valleys? 3D surface data typically exaggerates feature heights, which can skew our interpretation of the surface. The 1:1 feature provides a quick reality check, showing what it would really be like to “walk on the surface.”
Software your whole team can use
OmniSurf3D is designed to help non-experts to explore and understand surface texture, while also providing powerful features that support the most advanced users.
Our goal with OmniSurf3D is to provide a platform that lets your entire team see and share data. When designers, quality professionals, management, customers and vendors. OmniSurf3D is a platform for bringing surface analysis out of the lab and putting at everyone’s desk. It’s simple to use, loaded with powerful features, and affordable enough that you can outfit your entire work group for the price of one copy of competitive software.
System requirements
- Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
- 8 GB RAM or better
- 1080p graphics (at 100% zoom) recommended for optimal viewing experience.
The bottom line
OmniSurf3D combines a dynamic and engaging user experience, incredible processing horsepower and a simple and streamlined interface – all at a price so surprisingly low that the buying decision is one of the easiest you’ll ever make. You also get upgrades for the lifetime of the software, and no annual maintenance fees.
What are you waiting for? Contact Digital Metrology and start seeing your surfaces in a whole new way!