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Applications for 3D scanning technology are growing daily and seem unlimited. The pressure to compress design and manufacturing time to a minimum and produce high quality items at low cost was never greater. The power to capture physical objects and turn them into digital assets for industrial design, engineering, manufacturing, quality control, inspection and other applications is built into Perceptrons 3D scanning solution.
In general, scan data collected using ScanWorks™ 3D scanning solution can be used for the following applications.
Reverse Engineering
Produces a CAD model that describes a sample part. Reverse engineering software is used to import a ScanWorks scan cloud, and then mathematically smooth and combine the scan data until representative NURB surfaces are generated.
Copying
Produce a duplicate of a sample part directly from the scan cloud data. CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) is used to read the scan cloud data and produce machining instructions for CNC tools.
Rapid Prototyping
Produce a duplicate of a sample part from a CAD representation of the part. This represents a combination of reverse engineering and copying.
Inspection / Validation
Check a manufactured part to ensure it conforms to the part's design intent. There are many different levels of checks that may be performed.
- Presence / Absence
Ensure that an assembly contains all of the necessary parts.
- Feature Measurement
Measure the location of a feature (hole, edge, slot, etc) and compare it to the designed nominal location.
- Contour Measurement
Compare part contours to their corresponding CAD models. This comparison may be conducted as 2-D cross sectional cuts, or 3-D part topographical mapping.
- GD&T Analysis
3D surface data allows for complex GD&T analysis on parts with the speed and the ease.
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