NX Cloud Connected-Scan to Part comes as a cloud application and allows you to combine facets, surfaces, and solids in a single 3D model, without requiring data translation. The targeted features of NX Cloud Connected-Scan to Part enable you to focus on your Scan to CAD workflows.
3D Scan to CAD
A 3D scan to CAD workflow supports engineers in mastering the challenges of reverse engineering, like improving or recreating an already existing object for which no design documentation is available. After 3D scanning an object for reverse engineering, the file can be directly imported into the 3D CAD software using formats such as STL or OBJ.
However, it is important to note: 3D scanners don’t output a ready-to-manufacture model but point cloud or polygon mesh data. As a result, the 3D scanned data must be further modeled in a CAD software. The 3D scan to CAD workflow is more than “just pressing a button” and the skills of highly-qualified engineers are required for reverse engineering.
Continuous technology improvements minimize the manual work the design engineer needs to invest to produce high-quality 3D CAD models used for traditional manufacturing or 3D printing. Today, the 3D CAD software that is used as part of a 3D scan to CAD workflow imports the scanned data as facets, so there's no need to map surfaces, create solids, or do any other manual shape creation.
