The part exists. The drawing does not. That is a normal place to start, and it is what the scanner is for.
Most parts that arrive here have no model behind them. The drawings were never made, or they were lost years ago. The supplier who produced the original has closed. The part was modified on the bench and nobody updated the paperwork. Or it belongs to somebody else and you need something that fits against it.
All four are routine. We measure the component you have, rebuild it as a working model, and manufacture from that model in carbon fibre. You end up with both the part and the geometry, which means the second one is straightforward and the twentieth is identical to the first.
If you do not have the component either, and only a problem to solve, that is still a conversation worth having. Tell us what the part has to do.
Four stages. Send us the part and the first three happen here, usually without you needing to be involved.
Reflective positioning targets are applied to the component so the scanner can locate itself in space as it moves. No tripod, no fixed arm, and the part can be turned over mid-scan without losing reference.
The scan resolves into a dense triangulated surface, which is where the shape you handed us becomes something a computer can reason about.
A mesh is a record of a surface, not a model you can modify. We rebuild it as solid CAD geometry so features can be adjusted, tolerances applied and tooling driven from it. You get it as STEP or IGES.
Tooling, lay-up, cure, trim and assembly all happen on the same site. The model does not leave the building between being created and being made.
A metrology-grade handheld laser scanner, not a visualisation tool. Creaform publish the following for this series.
These are the manufacturer's published figures for the instrument, verified against VDI/VDE 2634 part 3 in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. The tolerance achievable on a finished carbon part depends on its size, geometry and how it is tooled, so tell us about the component and we will tell you what is realistic for it.
Anywhere a part has outlived its paperwork.
Classic and competition vehicles are the clearest case. A door card, a duct or a bodywork section from a car that went out of production decades ago has no digital record anywhere, and the only reference is the part in your hand, usually damaged. Scanning turns that into something repeatable.
About scanning specifically. The general ones are answered on the homepage.
It is much the better option, because we can then check the rebuilt model against the real thing. If the component cannot leave your site, talk to us, because the scanner is portable and does not need a tripod or a fixed installation.
Worn, cracked and repaired components are normal. What matters is that the geometry you want to reproduce is still intact somewhere on the part. Tell us which features are critical and which are damage, because the two are not always obvious to us.
You get the model. It is delivered as STEP or IGES and it is yours, whether or not you come back to us to make the components.
Yes. Most of what we scan was made by somebody else, often decades ago.
A drawing, a photograph, or just a description. Whatever you have is enough to get a price, and we reply to most enquiries the same working day.