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Detecting symmetry

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Does anyone know of a tool the detect the symmetry plane in a 3D object? I have a scanned surface model in Solidworks. The symmetry check tool will not work with this so I need another option. Any help is appreciated.
 
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ctopher - Thanks for your response. I have a scanned surface body. It is a 3D scan of a helmet. Unfortunately SW's symcheck won't work because 1) It is a surface not a solid and 2) there are no faces that are exactly symmetrical. I'm thinking I may need to use something other than SW to do this.
 
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1) Can you not thicken the surface to create a solid?

2) Can you not cut the surface model in half (where the symmetry plane should be) and then Mirror the half?
 
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