Reverse Engineering is a design solution in which a physical model is the source of information for producing the cad model or drawings that will be utilized for manufacture. This is also referred to as the Part-to-CAD process. Reverse engineering enables the duplication of an existing part by capturing the component's physical dimensions, features, and material properties.
Following are reasons for reverse engineering a part or product:
- The original manufacturer of a product no longer produces a product
- There is inadequate documentation of the original design
- The original manufacturer no longer exists, but a customer needs the product
- The original design documentation has been lost or never existed
- Some bad features of a product need to be designed out. For example, excessive wear might indicate where a product should be improved
- To strengthen the good features of a product based on long-term usage of the product
- To analyze the good and bad features of competitors' product
- To explore new avenues to improve product performance and features
- To gain competitive benchmarking methods to understand competitor's products and develop better products
- The original CAD model is not sufficient to support modifications or current manufacturing methods
- The original supplier is unable or unwilling to provide additional parts
- The original equipment manufacturers are either unwilling or unable to supply replacement parts, or demand inflated costs for sole-source parts
- To update obsolete materials or antiquated manufacturing processes with more current, less-expensive technologies
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