A 3D scan is only an element in the production chain. One of the most widely used spheres of application of 3D scanners is reverse engineering. A CAD model, converted from a mesh, is used for downstream applications such as 3D printing or manufacturing.
Most CAD software (Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion 360, SolidWorks, Solid Edge) don’t have mesh-to-CAD support. Geomagic Design X was specifically designed for mesh-to-CAD transformation and provides powerful tools to achieve that result.
Image 1. CAD model (on the left) and scanned mesh (on the right)
It is generally accepted that mesh-to-CAD conversion is tedious and hard. To fight this prejudice, I made a tutorial on practical application of 3D scanner Calibry in reverse engineering. I tried to highlight not-really-obvious stages of mesh-to-CAD workflow.
If you want to try the same thing as in the video, you can find links to the mesh and CAD model down below:
Here you can download the .stl mesh
Here you can download the CAD model.
Go to our YouTube channel to watch video tutorial!
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Image 2. Kart disc, CAD model
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Image 3. Kart disc, CAD model
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