Reverse Engineering and Its Application in Rapid Prototyping and Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Reverse engineering is playing an important role in generating and modifying CAD model, especially for the creation of 3D CAD model of sculptured surface. This paper made a survey of reverse engineering and its applications in rapid prototyping and computer integrated manufacturing. It divided reverse engineering into three main parts: data acquisition, surface reconstruction and data transfer. The recent research results, their merits and restrictions about surface digitizing, reconstruction of surface and data transfer technology are studied. A primary conclusion about reverse engineering and its applications in rapid prototyping and computer integrated manufacturing is drawn up.

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