3D Scanning
Capture any component with precision
3D scanning digitizes existing physical parts into accurate point-cloud and mesh data, enabling inspection, reverse engineering, redesign and digital archiving.
- Technology
- Structured light / laser
- Measurement
- Non-contact
- Data captured
- Point cloud with millions of points
- Output formats
- STL, OBJ, STEP
- Used for
- Inspection, reverse engineering, redesign, digital archiving
High accuracy
Freeform geometry, edges, holes and surface detail
Fast digitization
Non-contact measurement speeds up development
Actionable outputs
Point cloud, mesh and CAD-ready data
Reverse engineering
Convert physical parts into editable CAD
How it works
From physical part to digital model
Hover over a numbered point or a list item to see where each part sits.
Capabilities
What 3D Scanning is good at
Turn physical parts into accurate mesh and CAD data.
Ideal for
05- Legacy components
- Quality inspection
- Part-to-CAD comparison
- Tooling replication
- Reverse engineering
Reverse engineering applications
07- Legacy parts and replacements
- Competitor benchmarking
- Obsolete part recreation
- Spare part development
- Tooling and fixture design
- Design improvements
- Concept-to-production support
Outputs
04- Aligned point-cloud data
- Mesh files (STL, OBJ)
- CAD-ready models (STEP)
- Inspection and part-to-CAD comparison
Process flow
From scan to CAD in four steps
- 01
Scan
Capture the object as a point cloud
- 02
Point cloud
Process and align the data
- 03
Mesh processing
Clean, merge and optimize the mesh
- 04
CAD / inspection
Export CAD-ready files or inspect
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