1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving coordinate measurement data associated with a measurement of a physical object; operating a computer-implemented system to segment the coordinate measurement data into two or more data sets based on distinct geometric features of the object, the geometric features having been identified using nominal geometric information from an electronic file containing nominal geometric information for an object that corresponds to the physical object; operating a computer-implemented system to reduce the coordinate measurement data in a first data set of the two or more data sets to a first reduced data set in a first manner; and operating a computer-implemented system to reduce the coordinate measurement data in a second data set of the two or more data sets to a second reduced data set in a second manner, different from the first manner.