Reverse engineering die steels
Scanning technologies are used to reverse engineer tooling die steels. Over time steel wears, breaks, or is modified to produce a better part. Design files become lost or do not match the modifications.
Using our high resolution laser pCMM we can reproduce worn die steels into toolable .step CAD models.
STEP 1 ACQUIRE SCAN DATA
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STEP 2 SKETCH THE GEOMETRY
Geomagic Design X offers a large variety of modeling tools like 2D sketching, extrusions, lofting, patterning, and symmetry.
Assets are created and merged into a solid model.
STEP 3 TUNE THE MODEL
After a model is created it is tuned to achieve the minimal amount of deviation. Sometimes surfaces need to be moved or hole sizes adjusted.
STEP 4 REPORT THE DEVIATION
The deliverables for every reverse engineering project include a final .step model as well as a deviation report. This profile heat map shows the areas where the produced model differentiates from the original scan file.
Sometimes deviation is inevitable where a cracked component was stitched back together, while other times a free-form surface cannot be perfectly geometrically replicated.
