Many new industries are employing 3D scanning not only to create 3D models of parts or products for reverse engineering but also to explore the composition and rapid production of ready-to-use parts via 3D printing.
Even as the tools for extracting information from objects grow more sophisticated, there is still a lack of consensus as to what exactly constitutes “reverse engineering.” In the simplest terms, reverse engineering is the process of measuring precise 3D dimensions of an existing object and converting that information to a 3D CAD model.