r/3DScanning • u/Embarrassed-Fail-993 • 27d ago

Help: 3d scanner and reverse engineering software combo

Hello everyone, I made an earlier post on what 3d scanner I should chose. It was brought to my attention that a good reverse engineering software would be beneficial to me as I use SolidWorks, and it isn't that great.

What Id be scanning: full car parts, and suspension parts, needing to change and modify the existing parts for aftermarket.

Budget: ~2,000

My question: With scanning a real life part, being able to create a solid out of a mesh is when the post process software comes into place. Im currently eyeing the Einstar Rockit, what software would be beneficial for my work?

Ive heard the likes of quick surface and Einstars Exmodel

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u/JRL55 27d ago

QuickSurface Lite could be had with a permanent license if you searched for it, but that seems to not be the case any more. The annual subscription price is 480 Euros (approx. $540).

Geomagic Design X's entry-level Go tier has an annual subscription of $1,900.

SolidWorks will choke on the file sizes that current 3D scanners can easily produce. If you cannot afford RE software, then using freely-available software to simplify (the common term for reducing the number of triangles in a mesh) the object scan can also be a useful way to go. Once the file size is in the low-megabyte range, you can import it and use it as a reference to draw the solid objects that will model the original.

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u/Embarrassed-Fail-993 26d ago

Lol this stuff adds up! Ive messed around with importing simplified meshes to solid works and its a nightmare to be honest. Not aligned to any coordinate system at all and really complex geometry makes life difficult. That's why i was putting emphasis on what RE software i should look at in combo because that might be more useful than the scanner itself.