How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing
How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing
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How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing.I want to model in Pro/e .I ve heard the best solution is either to use CMM or scanner to take the dimensions.Does anyone can explain the scanner or CMM method.By the way it is a single cylinder ,two stroke glow ignition engine.
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RE: How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing
CMM is the way to go, but either the CMM program must be capable of generating IGES surfaces from a point cloud, or you need ProE's CMM interface module (which I am told is not that robust).
Post what you eventually use, as I would be interested in your findings. We are tossing around the idea of purchasing the 'curves and surfaces' module for our CMM program as well.
Recneps
RE: How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing
Have you had a bad experience with scanners? They are used for reverse engineering and inspection all of the time. If used properly they are very accurate (<0.001"). There is lots of software avalable to turn the point coulds into surfaces. (We use Paraform.) The surfaces are easily turned into Parametric Pro/E files. There are many service providers that will scan your part and quickly return fully modifable Pro/E file.
Gom has some good examples on thier web page
http://www.gom.com/En/Applications/digitizing.html
this page lists lots of other scanners.
http://3dk.asu.edu/digitizer/
If anyone needs more help with scanning I will be glad to answer e-mails.
ProEpro
RE: How to reverse engineer a miniature engine casing
Recneps