Reverse Engineering Has Become an Integral Part of Modern Product Design

Abstract

Every time you capture physical reality to use as part of your digital design

process, you are engaging in reverse engineering.

Whether you call it reverse engineering or something else, you are almost

certainly, measuring physical parts and using those dimensions to inform

multiple aspects of your product designs. And you are probably doing this

multiple times throughout each product lifecycle.

A modern approach to reverse engineering—backed by the latest measurement

technology and software—can drive value throughout your business.

• Rebuild CAD data for legacy parts and tooling.

• Design new custom products that fit in, on, or around existing ones.

• Document changes made post-prototype or manufacture.

• Recreate non-existent or lost CAD data for parts and molds.

• Convert physical parts into CAD for new product designs.

As a practice, reverse engineering is as old as engineering itself. Thanks

to continuing advances in hardware and software technology, reverse

engineering is now so fast, accurate, and effective that it has become an

integral part of modern product design.

Oqton

Oqton is a software company that is leading the creation of a new breed of intelligent, cloud-based AI-

enabled Manufacturing Operating System (MOS) platform, and now Geomagics’ suite of software,

including Geomagic Design X, is part of Oqton’s leading portfolio. Our agnostic cloud-based

manufacturing operating system automates the end-to-end workflow across & beyond the production

floor. Specific vertical sectors can benefit from Oqton, including healthcare, industrial and additive

manufacturing & robotic welding.