Powerful, Easy-to-Use, Lightning-Fast
FAI Software & Drawing Ballooning Software
Balloon drawings and build Control Plans in minutes. Extract notes, dimensions, tolerances, and GD&T. Import CMM data. Generate First Article Inspection (FAI) reports in AS9102 and other formats.
Cut FAI cycle time from days to hours. Eliminate manual errors. Accelerate new product introduction.
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PRECISION MACHINING
MEDICAL DEVICES
AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT
ADVANCED CERAMICS
SPEED-UP DRAWING BALLOONING. SAVE HOURS OF FIRST ARTICLE TIME.
HUGE TIME SAVER
“Recently we had a spike in new business with over 60 parts needing First Articles. With the help of 1factory (first article inspection software) we were able to bubble the drawings, program our CMM to the bubble drawing and directly download the data right onto the First Article form. It was a huge time saver!”
B. Terry, Quality Manager, Kalman Manufacturing
54 FAIs IN THE FIRST WEEK
“1factory has been a game changer for us". Within the first week, Able Tool successfully delivered 54 FAIs to their customer and realized significant productivity gains. By the end of the first month, Able Tool had delivered over 200 FAIs.
P. Hayes, President, Able Tool
PDF DRAWING AUTO-BALLOONING & FAI SOFTWARE FEATURES
1GD&T (Form)
Instantly identify and auto-balloon all GD&T features on your drawings including true position, perpendicularity, and parallelism.
2Dimensions (Size)
Instantly auto-balloon all features of size including diameter, radius, angle, and counterbore.
3Basic & Reference
Instantly identify and balloon Basic Features needed for true position and Reference Features used for calculations.
4Notes
Distinguish notes from Dimensions. Point-and-click to capture notes. Group multiple lines into a single requirement.
5Sheet & Zone
Automatically capture the sheet and zone for every balloon. Add leader lines with a single click in congested drawings.
6Default Tolerances
Populate tolerances based on decimal places for US drawings or size for mm (ISO 2768) drawings.
7Ops Sheets
Add Process Drawings to your ballooned package to build an end-to-end control plan in minutes.
8Convert Units
Convert dimensions between inches and mm with a single click for shop-preferred capture and customer reporting.
9Compare Drawing Revisions
Instantly detect and highlight all nominal and tolerance changes made between drawing revisions.
10Import CMM Data
Capture data from digital gages or import measurement data for hundreds of parameters from Zeiss, Mitutoyo, and PCDMIS.
11Create AS9102 Reports
Output a fully-finished First Article Inspection Report in standard, AS9102 format, or Net-Inspect format.
12Partial or Full FAIRs
Create Full reports for initial production and partial FAIRs for subsequent revisions effortlessly.
13Assembly FAIRs
Link Component and Assembly FAIRs to create an integrated Assembly First Article Inspection Report.
EXAMPLES OF DRAWING FEATURES RECOGNIZED BY 1FACTORY'S POWERFUL OCR
Perpendicularity
Position
Cylindricity
Concentricity
Flatness
Surface Profile
Circular Runout
Parallelism
Total Runout
Diameter
Angle
Radius
Depth
Countersink
Counterbore
Reference
Basic
Descriptor
Unequal Tol
Equal Tol
Converted
Limit
Vertical
Angled
CASE STUDIES
Read Highlights & Transcript
Highlights: Accelerating Aerospace FAI & AS9102 Success
- Rapid Implementation: Next Intent went live in a single day, contrasted with a competitor's estimated 9-month setup period.
- Instant Productivity: The company had its first inspection plan and FAI software output in the system within 20 minutes.
- AS9102 FAIR Volume: Successfully delivered over 500 First Article Inspection Reports to customers for mission-critical parts.
- Massive Time Savings: Reduced FAIR reporting time from ~60 minutes per form to just a few minutes.
- Eliminating Errors: Eliminated paperwork errors and gained a single point of truth for drawings and measurement data.
Transcript Excerpt:
00:00 - Introduction: CEO Rodney B. introduces Next Intent as a precision manufacturer for aerospace, serving billion-dollar missions where failure is catastrophic.
00:35 - Why 1factory: We were about to order a competitor's product with a 9-month install, but 1factory promised we would be live in one day.
01:15 - "Worked Like the Demo": The software worked exactly as promised. Within 20 minutes, I had bubble-printed a drawing and created a plan and inspection sheet.
01:40 - Data Confidence: Auditing and data entry became significantly easier, reducing common manual errors and providing absolute traceability.
Next Intent - Aerospace, Space, Defense
Next Intent is a world-class precision manufacturer, serving the aerospace and semiconductor industries. The parts they craft are critical to the success of missions where a single failure is catastrophic.
Notable projects include components for Mars rovers and the Giant Magellan Telescope. Next Intent picked 1factory to meet its challenging requirements for quality planning, FAI, and inspections.
"The Software worked just like the demo!" Rodney B. President & CEO.
"The implementation time for a competitor was nine months. With 1factory, they were getting it to work within the first day.".
EASY TO USE. LIGHTNING FAST. SECURE & RELIABLE
INTUITIVE DESIGN & SPEED
1Factory's intuitive interface makes training effortless - most teams achieve full deployment in under two hours with zero operational disruption.
Speed is non-negotiable on the shop floor. Every interaction - from data entry to ballooning - happens instantaneously. Your manufacturing operations run at full pace, never waiting on software.
SECURITY & RELIABILITY
1Factory meets security standards like ITAR-compliant hosting on AWS GovCloud, full NIST 800-171 compliance, and SOC 2 Type 2 certification. Your quality data stays protected and audit-ready.
Over the past decade, 1Factory has maintained >99.99% uptime. Data encryption, daily database snapshots, and redundant file storage ensure your records are always recoverable.