Reverse engineering of an industrial lathe

About the Project

We were contacted by our client to make a 3D model of an industrial lathe to be used in making of a virtual machine. As the technical project and the 3D model made by the lathe manufacturer were not accessible, the client called on our services to digitize the object.

This 3D model will be used to make a virtual machine, in this case we established with the client the level of details for the remodelled object. Overall level o details was set to be in a simplified way both for the body of the lathe, where the focus was on the functional area inside, and for the individual parts.

About the Process

Laser scanning was exclusively used for this project. For the body of the lathe we used the Trimble X7 terrestrail laser scanner. We chose to use this equipment in order to easily capture the necessary information about the geometry of the large object.

Along with the body of the lathe, a number of small individual parts were also scanned. For these we used the Einstar hand scanner with a resolution of up to 0.2 millimeters.

After processing the data and exporting the initial meshes, we started the process of remodeling and simplifying the 3D model according to the client's requirements. The final result being represented by a 3D model for the body of the lathe and 5 3D models for the individual parts.

Quantifiable Data

Field data collection: 8 hours
3D modelling: 30 hours
Post-processing (production of presentation film and renderings): 20 hours

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