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Reverse Design

Turn a Physical Part Into a Manufacturable 3D Model

When a part breaks and the original drawings don’t exist, we measure the real thing and rebuild it as a clean, accurate 3D file your team can manufacture from — no guesswork, no tracing by hand.

Illustration of a technician 3D scanning plant equipment with the surrounding pipework shown as a wireframe model
Where it earns its keep

When reverse design saves the day

Obsolete & legacy parts

The supplier’s gone, and the drawings are lost — but you still need the part. We rebuild it from the physical original.

No CAD on file

Inherited equipment with no documentation? We create the model that should have come with it.

Improving an existing part

Want to refine or upgrade a part? Start from a digital model of the part and iterate from there.

Damaged or worn parts

We can reconstruct the original geometry even from a worn or partially damaged component.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

01

Parametric CAD model

A clean, editable 3D model in SolidWorks, Inventor, or your preferred format.

02

Manufacturing-ready files

Drawings and files your shop can quote and cut from directly.

03

Dimensional accuracy

Measured against the real part, so the new one fits and functions like the original.

04

Design improvements

Optional refinements — stronger, lighter, or easier to make — can be built into the model.

The process

How reverse design works

01

Scan & measure

We 3D scan the physical part and capture its measured surface geometry at the agreed level of detail.

02

Rebuild in CAD

We turn the scan into a clean, parametric model — not just a mesh, but a model you can edit.

03

Deliver & manufacture

You get manufacturing-ready files, and we can help take the part to production.

Still deciding?

Got a part with no drawings?

Send us a photo or bring us the part. We’ll tell you exactly what it takes to turn it into a manufacturable 3D model.