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VisionGauge® “Snake” Tool for Reverse Engineering of Parts

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Accurately Reverse Engineer Obsolete and Legacy Parts

A new advanced tool that is perfect for reverse engineering has been added to VisionGauge®.  This automatic edge-following tool is perfect for tracing both part outer contours as well as inner features (i.e. on the surface of the part). The tool “snakes” along the edge that the user selects using the mouse.

Thanks to VisionGauge®’s advanced sub-pixel accurate edge-detection technology, the tool can be used to create a very high-accuracy CAD drawing of the part under investigation. The process is extremely fast and results are operator-independent.

Video showing the VisionGauge® advanced “Snake” tool for reverse engineering.

 

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Examples of how this Reverse Engineering tool can help manufacturers:

  • Legacy Part Replication: 
    Creating parts for machines built in the 1970s where the company has long since closed.

  • Wear Analysis:
    Scanning a used tool to see exactly where it is eroding over time.

  • Custom Fitment:
    In the medical and orthopedic industries, “Custom Fitment” through reverse engineering has replaced messy, manual processes like plaster casting with precise digital workflows. Reverse engineering allows manufacturers to create devices that perfectly match a patient’s unique anatomy, leading to faster healing and better long-term outcomes.

  • Tooling & Molds:
    Taking a hand-carved clay model (common in automotive design, for example) and turning it into a steel production mold.

a part being reversed engineered in VisionGauge OnLine

Go from Part to high-accuracy CAD in seconds

a CAD file from a part that has been reverse engineered in VisionGauge OnLine

This new advanced tool makes it easy to reconstruct geometry directly from the physical part with VisionGauge®.

And, of course, with its patented CAD Auto-Align™ and CAD-Auto-Pass/Fail™ tools, VisionGauge® can the use the resulting CAD file to automatically check other parts.

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