Abstract: A computer-implemented method and device are directed to a geometric analysis of a result of a manufacturing process or of a simulation of a manufacturing process in which a part (14) is formed from a planar sheet of material by means of a tool (1). The result comprises result model, being a computer based representation of the part after the (real or simulated) manufacturing process. The method comprises the computer-implemented steps of retrieving the result model (2); retrieving a reference model (3), the reference model being a mesh based model derived from a CAD model representing a target shape of the part or a tool shape; determining an improved result model (33) by transforming the mesh of the reference model (3) to match the shape of the result model (2); performing a geometric analysis on the basis of the improved result model (33).