It is my pleasure to welcome you to this issue of CMSC World. Our 3D metrology community is small compared to the bigger circles of civil engineering, manufacturing engineering, or even quality engineering. An even scarcer sight is a female 3D industrial metrologist, such as me.

It has been and is still difficult for engineers to find their way into this world of high-tolerance, portable, 3D metrology. It is not often commented upon in universities across the country. Therefore, this career path is often not discovered until someone finds themselves in industry and runs across the requirements and technologies utilized in portable coordinate metrology, as I did in my career. I want to share my own personal experience and how I stumbled into the best career ever.

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