Quote Originally Posted by davide445 View Post
We are not doing minime for sure...the first object we have request to scan is the propeller of an amphibious military vehicle.

Giving cleaned mesh to CAD staff is normally enough to enable them to reproduce the original design?
Or this approach does have little consulting value and we need to invest for a real solid modeling tool and skills?
Perhaps 10% of our work we're providing pure scan data (meshes or point clouds.) Most people are looking for an end result - whether it's an inspection report, finished solid model or the end manufactured product. Coming to you is just a way to get there so the more stages you can offer or at least assist with the (have a chain of people to recommend) the better.

You'll come across a lot of people who have had bad experiences with scanning in the past as they don't understand the data (they were probably given what they asked for and not what they needed,) and the company doing it has run away without offering any help.

By all means offer pure scan data, there is a market for it, but aim to be clear with what you're offering. Once you can successfully model there will be a lot more work out there.