The David scanner will produce STL files, which can be printed directly. If there are errors in the files like small holes, overlapping triangles, etc. there are free or inexpensive applications (Netfabb, Meshlab, etc.) which will clean them up sufficiently for printing or presentation.

Reverse engineering (RE) is different, though. This is required for mechanical sorts of things where precision is important. With RE, you can identify a feature like a hole, slot or boss, make it a specific size, retrieve the "design intent" and incorporate it in a CAD model so a functional part can be recreated by 3D printing or CNC machining.

Geomagic currently has a couple of RE applications: Geomagic Wrap and Design X. Wrap is less expensive and easier to use; Design X is more powerful. We're resellers for both products, so let us know what exactly you're trying to achieve, and we can help decide what you need to get it done.

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com



Quote Originally Posted by davide445 View Post
So we are ordering tomorrow the David SLS3 scanner, and we received this weekend our FDM printer (an advanced model still not on the market).

Generated the point cloud from the scanner we want to convert it into 3d model both for printing but also for other uses such as presentation or further CAD modifications.

What can be a good to start reverse engineering sw? Rhino does have his plugins but appear to be a steep start, MOI3D is not designed for that, was looking at Geomagic but this is simply not my area of knowledge so I can't evaluate it.