Reverse Engineering and CAE

Abstract

Existing CAE is based on CAD data and is mainly applied to design and development. Product-based CAE to acquire data from actual products and implement CAE based on the derived data is being actively studied now. The present paper describes the important points in using reverse engineering that acquires data using noncontact 3D measuring instruments and generates CAD and CAE models based on the derived data. The present paper furthermore introduces the uniquely developed automatic surfacing tool, Clay Galaxy, for use in reverse engineering. The effectiveness of reverse engineering and Product-based CAE is also explained.