Quote Originally Posted by LambdaFF View Post
Hi,
I was shown some reverse engineering software in 2009 : you had to manually select points and detail what you expected should be there (plane, cylinder, ...). From my point of view, given the status of the soft at the time it was faster to measure on the part and redesign it yourself. Added bonus of doing the design : it forces you to think your tolerances properly. There was also the issue that the result surfaces were close to the intent but not perfectly so which might create issues for assemblies as mating faces may end up slighly at an angle.
Agree with this