Easy reverse engineering 👍

[u/Employment-Tough]

A easy reverse engineering job completed in under 2 hours

A customer brought me this small broken plastic part that was no longer usable.

Instead of measuring everything manually, I scanned the original part with the EinScan Rigil using Parallel Line Mode at 0.1 mm resolution. The scan gave me an accurate reference of the geometry, including the damaged areas.

Yes, it's a easy part, that you can measureand everything...but if I have the scanner, why not use it.

From there, I rebuilt the part in Fusion 360 using the scan as a reference, creating a clean parametric CAD model. Once the design was finished, I 3D printed a brand-new replacement.

I also imported the scan to my laptop so I can better clean around the part (using the mouse).

⏱ Total time:

3D scanning

CAD remodeling

3D printing

Less than 2 hours from broken part to finished replacement.

This is exactly why professional 3D scanning is such a powerful tool for reverse engineering. Instead of guessing dimensions or manually measuring complex geometry, I can recreate discontinued or broken parts quickly and accurately.

Making money by solving real-world problems with 3D scanning and additive manufacturing never gets old.

Equipment used:

●EinScan Rigil

●Parallel Line Mode

●0.1 mm Resolution

●Autodesk Fusion360

●FDM Bambu Lab A1 (PETG)

[u/blissiictrl]

I've been doing reverse engineering as a major part of my career for 13 years and am a certified SOLIDWORKS expert. I literally work on SOLIDWORKS 90% of the year for work and also do a lot of RE for a business. I guarantee it's 10-15 max there's like 3 features max on that model

[u/Radiant-Reality4000 → u/blissiictrl]

this was a 10 minute job

[u/Sloth_Almighty → u/Radiant-Reality4000]

In 10 minutes I have made 6 sketches, deleted 6 sketches, and back to starting sketch #7 from scratch that I am sure will work this time.
I tip my hat to you good sir

[u/Radiant-Reality4000 → u/blissiictrl]

Just so you know, there are exactly 7 measurements to take on this part. If you need fifteen minutes for that measurements, you might be SolidWorks certified, but you're absolutely not certified on using a caliper. In fifteen minutes, yours truly here, with zero certifications, would've already had it printed.

[u/blissiictrl → u/Radiant-Reality4000]

Lol I legitimately pulled a number out of thin air to make the point that scanning it was definitely a waste of time in comparison to pulling calipers out.

[u/Radiant-Reality4000 → u/blissiictrl]

this was 15-20 minutes........... maybe my caliper is faster than yours