Reverse engineering: from sample or photos to clean CAD
Lost the original files, bought a product without them, or need a better version of something that already exists? We rebuild it as editable CAD from a sample, photos or even a phone video.
- From $490 per part
- Typical delivery 4 to 10 days
- Input Sample, photos or video
What you receive
Every package has a fixed price, stated revision rounds and full rights transferred on final payment.
- 01
Parametric CAD
A clean feature-based model, not a noisy scan mesh.
- 02
Measured drawings
Dimensioned sheets based on your measurements and known reference parts.
- 03
Improvement notes
Where the original could be stronger, cheaper or easier to make.
- 04
Print-ready file
To check the rebuild against the original part in your hand.
- 05
Render set
Optional product renders from the same model for your listing.
- 06
Native and STEP
Files your supplier or engineer can open and edit.
When brands use it
Brand and product owners in the US, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and the Gulf.
Missing files
A supplier went quiet and you only have the product itself.
Product improvement
Fix the weak point customers complain about in reviews.
Spare parts
Keep selling replacement parts for a discontinued product.
Private label
Start from a sample you already sell and develop your own version.
Listing images
Photoreal renders when you only have a sample and no CAD.
Legacy products
Digitise older products so every future asset comes from one model.
How it works
A fixed quote within one working day, then a private tracking link from first file to final delivery.
Send the reference
Photos from several angles, a short video, and key measurements. Or post us the sample.
Scale and scope
We confirm what can be measured and what will be inferred, then quote.
Rebuild
Modeled and checked as plain geometry against your reference.
Verify and deliver
You print or compare, we revise, then all files transfer to you.
Fixed prices, published
Complex products are scoped individually and the quote explains why.
Questions
Do I need a 3D scanner?
Is reverse engineering legal?
How accurate will it be?
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Get a fixed quote within one working day.
Send what you have: CAD, photos, a sample description or a sketch.