How is the Inspection application accessed?

Each license of SOLIDWORKS Inspection comes with two application interfaces (Standalone & SOLIDWORKS add-in). The standalone is designed to capture characteristics of non-SOLIDWORKS file types like PDF, using OCR to capture the data. This is also where CMM and other measurement data can be gathered. The standalone interface is great for inspectors or operators that need to access inspection projects without having access to SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD. The SOLIDWORKS add-in application is a good option for people reading directly from a native SOLIDWORKS file format.