Mor-Tech - Rapid Prototyping - digitising

MOR-TECH

Digitizing



		Reverse Engineering System
High Speed Digitising REPLICA is an advanced system for fast, flexible and accurate digitising of free form surfaces. REPLICA reduces time to market: it can be used to create 3D CAD models - quickly and accurately - direct from objects; models and molds can then be machined directly from data. Complex physical objects can be scanned and then animated, eliminating lengthy 3D computer modeling. Manufacturers can use REPLICA to measure and inspect complex 3D products by direct comparison with CAD data. The technology - laser stripe triangulation - offers a cost and time effective alternative to touch probe digitising. Non-contact scanning makes REPLICA ideal for digitising touch sensitive materials.		The REPLICA reverse engineering system is a unique product, opening up an exciting new dimension to your design and manufacturing activities- REPLICA can capture the surface geometry of parts and models, display the data and allow data transfer in standard formats to a wide and growing variety of application software packages.
		Faster Digitising Based on the latest advances in 3D scanning technology, REPLICA captures surface data in a fraction of the time required by contact or laser point probes- Byexploiting laser stripe triangulation, REPLICA measures up to 14,000 surface points per second, taking only a few minutes to digitise typical objects, no matter how complex their geometry.
		High Accuracy Measurement As well as high speed, REPLICA provides high accuracy surface information- This is achieved bya combination of accurate point measurement and high density data capture - REPLICA is capable of scanning points as close as 50~m apart (20 points per mm). The result is a representation which is true to shape and surface detail.
		User Friendly Design REPLICA has been designed and developed by 3D Scanners as a fully integrated and user-friendly system. There's no programming, teaching or complicated mechanical set-up required. Scanning takes place at the touch of a button. REPliCA is operated and controlled using a standard PC, making integration into existing design and manufacturing systems simple and inexpensive.
		Flexible Application Once digitised, the surface description is output to a variety of software packages. This includes many popular CADCAM systems, animation and visualisation software. The data can also be used for inspection and measurement by comparing surface profiles or coordinates with CAD data. REPliCA's flexibility has led to diverse application in many design and manufacturing situations: reverse engineering of complex 3D shapes into CAD systems; model and prototype development; manufacture of tooling by mould and die makers; animation and imaging; 3D inspection; documentation and archiving.
Simple to Use - With Fast Results It's easy to digitise with REPLICA. In just five simple operations you can capture the surface geometry of objects and output it in standard format to a range of applications sofware. Set up is fast and straightforward and there's no programming or teaching involved. Simple to Use -With Fast Results It's easy to digitise with REPLICA. In just five simple operations you can capture the surface geometry of objects and output it in standard format to a range of applications sofware. Set up is fast and straightforward and there's no programming or teaching involved.


	Position Object Place the object under the sensor or mount it in a rotary axis, as appropriate. Production parts, prototypes and models, tooling, hand crafted designs of almost any form can be scanned.		Define Scan Parameters Specify the area to be digitised and the density of data required using SCAN3D, 3D Scanners' Windows-based 3D digitising software. For more sophisticated digitising tasks, SCAN3D provides powerful tools to allow, for example, definition of more complex scanning strategies.		Scan Press 'Scan' on the PC and REPLICA automatically digitises the object, either by passing the sensor over the object or by rotating the object under the sensor. It's an extremely fast operation.

	View and Manipulate The digitised points are quickly viewed on the PC as either a 3D image, a range image -where shades of colour are used to represent height -or as a series of 2D profiles. At this stage, SCAN3D provides versatile and easy to use manipulation and filtering functions for altering data density , smoothing data and many other editing tasks.		Transfer Data Output the edited dataset in standard format to your chosen application software system. REPLICA interfaces with the majority of CAD and 3D graphics packages including AutoCAD, for which REPliCA generates a 3D DXF file, and Delcam's DUCT, the surface modelling CADCAM system, for which a direct interface is available.		Animate, analyse, modify , machine Now that REPLICA has established a high-speed route between solid object and computer model, you are free to get on with your task, whether it is animation, analysis, visualisation or the generation of a machining program for a milling machine.
This series of photographs features a hand crafted relief of Mozart being digitised and viewed as a range image. The scan data was imported to a CADCAM package to produce a scaled model of the original. The data was scaled and surfaced and a machining program generated with which to drive a milling machine. The result is an accurate reproduction of a detailed free form surface. No wonder REPLICA is gaining recognition as a time and cost-effective alternative to touch probe digitising or direct computer modelling.

A Revolutionary System for Design and Manufacturing