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Article: Outside In
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- Mechanical Engineering
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright American Society of Mechanical Engineers Aug 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Reverse engineering tools are getting easier to afford and to use, and that can make for a better bottom line.
When finite element analysis software - once the purview of experts with advanced degrees - made the jump from mainframe to desktop computer about 20 years ago, it opened up the world of analysis to design engineers and radically changed the way they worked.
Now reverse engineering software is slowly changing the way design engineers do their everyday jobs. With the pervasiveness of computer-aided design packages, reverse engineering technology has become a practical tool to create a 3-D virtual model of an existing physical part. That model is then available to be used in 3-D CAD, ...