3D Scanning Services

Defense 3D Scanning Services

Defense organizations rely on professional 3D scanning to support sustainment, modernization, and replacement of obsolete components. Our engineers help create accurate engineering data for Technical Data Packages (TDPs), reverse-engineer legacy equipment, and develop digital engineering deliverables for military and government programs.

Common Defense Applications

Legacy part digitization
Obsolete component replacement
Reverse engineering
Digital modernization
Technical Data Packages (TDPs)
Depot maintenance support
Sustainment programs
Engineering documentation
Digital twin creation
Manufacturing support

Manufacturing 3D Scanning Services

Manufacturers use 3D scanning to improve quality, accelerate product development, verify tooling, and inspect finished parts. High-resolution scan data enables rapid comparison between manufactured parts and CAD models while reducing inspection time and improving overall production efficiency.

Manufacturing Applications

First article inspection
Dimensional verification
Tooling validation
Mold inspection
Production quality control
CAD comparison
Product redesign
Manufacturing documentation
Process improvement
Reverse engineering

Automotive 3D Scanning Services

Automotive companies use 3D scanning throughout the product lifecycle—from concept development and prototype evaluation to production inspection and legacy vehicle restoration. Our engineers create accurate CAD models from physical parts to support manufacturing, aftermarket development, and vehicle modernization.

Automotive Applications

Prototype development
Reverse engineering
Sheet metal digitization
Interior component scanning
Tooling verification
Aftermarket product development
Legacy vehicle restoration
Quality inspection
Production validation
CAD reconstruction

Industrial Equipment 3D Scanning Services

Industrial manufacturers frequently need accurate CAD models for machinery that was designed decades ago. We capture complex mechanical systems and convert them into modern engineering data that supports maintenance, redesign, replacement parts, and facility upgrades.

Industrial Applications

Legacy machinery
Replacement parts
Equipment modernization
Plant upgrades
Factory automation
Large equipment digitization
Mechanical redesign
CAD reconstruction
Engineering documentation
Manufacturing support

Energy & Power Generation 3D Scanning Services

Energy companies use 3D scanning to document power generation equipment, turbines, pipelines, pressure vessels, offshore structures, and processing facilities. Accurate scan data supports inspection, maintenance planning, reverse engineering, and modernization initiatives.

Energy Applications

Turbine inspection
Power plant documentation
Pipeline scanning
Offshore platform digitization
Pressure vessel inspection
Digital twins
Facility modernization
As-built documentation
Reverse engineering
CAD modelling

Medical Device 3D Scanning Services

Medical manufacturers use high-accuracy scanning to develop products, inspect components, reverse engineer existing devices, and accelerate new product development while maintaining tight dimensional tolerances.

Medical Applications

Device development
Reverse engineering
Mold verification
Quality inspection
Product redesign
Prototype validation
CAD reconstruction
Manufacturing support
Precision component inspection
Engineering documentation

Construction & Facility 3D Scanning Services

Large-scale 3D scanning provides accurate digital documentation of buildings, industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, and infrastructure. Engineers use scan data to create BIM models, as-built documentation, facility layouts, and digital twins for renovation and maintenance projects.

Facility Applications

As-built documentation
BIM modeling
Plant layout
Facility modernization
Construction verification
Digital twins
Renovation planning
Equipment installation verification
Structural documentation
Asset management

Customer Problems We Solve

Missing CAD files
Obsolete parts
Supplier transitions
Aircraft modernization
Factory documentation
Inspection failures
Legacy drawings
No original OEM data
Product redesign
Digital transformation

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3D Scanning Services for CAD, Inspection, and Reverse Engineering

3D Laser Scanning

Our 3D laser scanning services capture precise surface geometry using high-resolution scan data. Laser scanning is ideal for reverse engineering, inspection, as-built documentation, digitization of legacy parts, and large-scale industrial scanning projects.

3D Scanning Services

CAD/CAM Services provides professional 3D scanning services for parts, assemblies, tooling, aircraft components, facilities, and industrial equipment. Our scanning process captures accurate physical geometry and converts it into usable digital data for CAD modeling, inspection, documentation, and manufacturing support.

Scan to CAD Preserves Old Drawings

Scan-to-CAD services convert physical parts or scanned point cloud data into accurate 3D CAD models. CAD/CAM Services creates native CAD deliverables in CATIA, Siemens NX, Creo, SolidWorks, Inventor, STEP, IGES, and other required engineering formats.

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Defense 3D Scanning Services

Legacy part digitization
Obsolete component replacement
Reverse engineering
Digital modernization
Technical Data Packages (TDPs)
Depot maintenance support
Sustainment programs
Engineering documentation
Digital twin creation
Manufacturing support

Manufacturing 3D Scanning Services

First article inspection
Dimensional verification
Tooling validation
Mold inspection
Production quality control
CAD comparison
Product redesign
Manufacturing documentation
Process improvement
Reverse engineering

Automotive 3D Scanning Services

Prototype development
Reverse engineering
Sheet metal digitization
Interior component scanning
Tooling verification
Aftermarket product development
Legacy vehicle restoration
Quality inspection
Production validation
CAD reconstruction

Industrial Equipment 3D Scanning Services

Legacy machinery
Replacement parts
Equipment modernization
Plant upgrades
Factory automation
Large equipment digitization
Mechanical redesign
CAD reconstruction
Engineering documentation
Manufacturing support

Energy & Power Generation 3D Scanning Services

Turbine inspection
Power plant documentation
Pipeline scanning
Offshore platform digitization
Pressure vessel inspection
Digital twins
Facility modernization
As-built documentation
Reverse engineering
CAD modelling

Medical Device 3D Scanning Services

Device development
Reverse engineering
Mold verification
Quality inspection
Product redesign
Prototype validation
CAD reconstruction
Manufacturing support
Precision component inspection
Engineering documentation

Construction & Facility 3D Scanning Services

As-built documentation
BIM modeling
Plant layout
Facility modernization
Construction verification
Digital twins
Renovation planning
Equipment installation verification
Structural documentation
Asset management

Customer Problems We Solve

Missing CAD files
Obsolete parts
Supplier transitions
Aircraft modernization
Factory documentation
Inspection failures
Legacy drawings
No original OEM data
Product redesign
Digital transformation

FAQ's

General CAD Questions

How do I send a sample, in order to get a quote?

Fill out our quote form, attach your files, or simply send us an email. Tell everything about your project, like the model purpose.

For smaller files < 15 MB you can simply email them to us. For something larger, just drop them in any number of drop boxes like Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and others. Or if you would like, just contact us for a private, hardened link.

It is fine to use most any time of compression such as *.zip, *.rar, *.tar, *.7z, *.arc, *.LBR, and even *.iso images.

A direct email is sales@cadcam.org

We also use a hardened OwnCloud web file sharing platform for unlimited file transfers. We provide unique and very private Web Storage Portals, this also supports file syncing for extreme convenience for you. Because so much of our work is DOD or weapons design work, Security – and confidentiality is very important to us.

Will CAD / CAM Services Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?

Yes. NDAs are a common part of our business. All data is yours – not ours, and treated as proprietary data and not for public consumption or use. Probably 70% of our work is under NDA agreements. We can generally get these signed within the day.

What is the estimated delivery time?

It depends on the scope of work:

2D drawings – small quantity, normally 48 hours. We have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 4-8 drafters busy full time.
3D models – complexity dependent, but smaller jobs in 2-3 days. Some models we have spent months on. Again, we have several customers where they contract to us, keeping 6-10 3D CAD designers busy full time.

Simple jobs have a lead time of 48 hours. Larger projects are delivered and invoiced weekly.

Did you really own the trademark Cad Perfect™, Cad Perfect CAD Conversions™ and Cad / Cam Services™?

Yes, we did back in 2008. We started using Cad Perfect™ back in the early 1990s because all of our customers wanted only real Cad Perfect™ work. Back then the buzz words were terms like machine ready, or DXF Traceover and others.

The problem is, nobody wanted that. They all wanted drawings and models that they did not have to touch. Everybody wanted drawings just as if they hand redrew the work themselves.

Thus, Cad / Cam Services™ was the first company to start offering ONLY Cad Perfect™ work.

Do you support the PPD-21 Directive?

Yes we do, and have now for several years. In addition, we also support the industry specific plans as well.

3D Scanning FAQs

How much does scanning services cost?

It depends on the complexity of the scanned model and material properties. As, for example, it may be much more complicated to properly scan an object with a reflective surface, than a non-reflective surface. It also depends on three main factors:

the physical size of your part
the required scanning resolution
if industrial CT or metallurgy scanning is needed

Simple quick cell phone photos are worth a thousand words to us. To know for sure you can request a quote. It is of course, free – and treated as if an NDA is already in place.

Some averages:

The typical 3D scan is somewhere around $200-400 per part.
Tomographic (CT) scanning is $600-900 per part.

Because so much of our business is Aerospace related, our scanning – and the completed CAD file HAS to be within ±.005” anywhere on that part, we never use consumer-grade scanners. The scanners we use start at $25,000 and go up to $700,000 (CT) per scanner.

At any given time, we have in excess of $ 5 million just in scanning hardware we use. In addition, a hidden factor of scanning on any system is the assembly and clean up of any scan. The rule of thumb is a 2-1 ratio. So even with our experienced scanning staff, if we spend one-hour scanning; we will then spend an additional two hours of clean up and assembly before our CAD group gets the Point Cloud file to simulate or reverse engineer.

What is the Point Cloud/Mesh/3D Scan?

A point cloud is thousands if not millions of data points located in space by X, Y, Z coordinates. Images of this nature are often captured with Faro Focus or Artec scanners that specialize in large-area scanning. Most likely you obtain building and territory plans in this file format.

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A polygon mesh is a set of triangles located in the same manner. These scans are obtained with Artec, Creaform, Enscan and other handheld scanners. Parts and reverse engineering device scans are usually polygon meshes.

What types of scanners do you use?

Faro Arm – Very good for most parts, fast and accurate
Turntable scanners – high accuracy, high detail, fast scanning. Great for smaller parts.
Portable handheld – may be favorable for some larger parts – if not a tripod-mounted scanner.
Long Range – these mount on a tripod, and are intended to scan buildings, plants, and other larger sized projects.
Industrial CT scanners – incredibly expensive, but they offer two main benefits – the ability to inside an object (think of a void in a solid object), and their accuracy. At this level, we are often in the ±.001” – ±.002” range, and often used in metrology scanning.

Which scanner models do you use?

CG360

CyberGage®360 CT scanners

EasyTom S CT Scanner by RX Solutions

CMM

Surveyor ZS-Series, Surveyor DS-Series

Faro Arms

FaroArm® – Portable 3D Measurement Arm for any application

Artec

Artec Space Spider 3D Scanner, Artec Eva & Eva Lite 3D Scanner

Faro

Focus 350 Plus for long range scanning

Leica

Leica RTC360

How accurate is 3D scanning?

The scanners we use are as accurate as the industry offers – from anybody at any cost. We use Faro and Artec 3D scanners, in addition to Faro CMM type arms, including the Surveyor tables. Depending on what scanner we use:

CT scanners – 4 to 400µm/voxel resolution
Artec Portable scanners high accuracy (0.03 – 0.05mm)
Artec Portable scanners high resolution (up to 0.15mm)
Our CyberGage 360 – generates highly precise full 360 degrees automated scan with accuracy NIST traceable to approximately 7 microns
The CyberGage 360 has a system repeatability of ±.005mm.