Part of the Creaform Metrology Suite™, Scan-to-CAD is a post-treatment software module designed to optimize meshes and prepare 3D scans for 3D printing. Scan-to-CAD also enables designers and engineers to finalize 3D scan data and use it in their reverse engineering and product development workflows.

With a fast processing time that promptly optimizes the mesh and extracts all needed geometrical information, designers and engineers can quickly go back to the CAD workflow they already know.

Satisfied with its performance and complete toolset, thousands of users have already endorsed Scan-to-CAD, selecting it as their favorite complement to CAD software.
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Mesh optimization + 3D Printing
Scan-to-CAD’s powerful preparation and improvement tools let you quickly edit the mesh and align 3D scan data. After cleaning and improving the 3D scan data, you get a usable and optimized mesh ready for 3D printing or other applications.

Edit mesh

STEP 1

Scan-to-CAD offers simple yet efficient tools for preparing 3D scan meshes for reverse engineering or 3D printing.
Clean mesh
Fill holes
Merge meshes
Decimate mesh
Make mesh watertight

Align

STEP 2

The Scan-to-CAD alignment tool makes it easy to perform the crucial step of aligning 3D scans to the coordinate system before exporting.
Entity-based alignment
Best fit alignment

Product development + Reverse engineering
Scan-to-CAD provides only the needed tools and features to integrate 3D scan data into your preferred CAD software, leveraging its design and modeling capabilities. Its intuitive functions let you easily extract information from the mesh and transfer it to generate CAD entities for 3D modeling.

Extract entities

STEP 3

Scan-to-CAD simplifies the generation of NURBS surfaces for characterizing freeform regions and enables the extraction of geometric entities from the mesh to complete designs in any CAD software.
Auto surface
Manual surface
2D/3D entities
Curves
Cross-sections

2D Sketching

STEP 4

Scan-to-CAD Pro enables fast and efficient 2D sketching from 3D scan data, such as cross-sections, to create foundations for building parametric CAD models.
Manual sketch
Sketch on scan data
Automatic feature creation

3D Modeling

STEP 5

Scan-to-CAD streamlines your reverse engineering workflow with intuitive tools for creating accurate parametric solid models on the first try.
Extrude
Revolve
Cut

Transfer to CAD

STEP 6

Scan-to-CAD allows you to seamlessly export 3D scan data to any CAD software using standard formats (.iges, .step, .dxf). With a simple right-click, geometric entities can be directly transferred to the following CAD software:
SOLIDWORKS
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Fusion 360
Solid Edge

Looking for the simplest path from 3D scan to CAD?

Explore Scan-to-CAD’s intuitive functions that let you optimize your mesh, extract all needed geometrical information, and, most importantly, quickly return to your CAD workflow.
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The easiest-to-use reverse engineering toolkit

Scan-to-CAD is available in two versions, according to your workflow.
Scan-to-CAD
Scan-to-CAD Pro
IGES/STEP CAD file import/export
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Mesh editing tools
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Surfaces
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Alignment
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Entity creation
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Basic measurement tools
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2D sketching
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3D modeling
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Transfer to major CAD software
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