Services
Scanning and reverse engineering, done to a standard you can actually manufacture from.
3D Scanning
Handheld structured-light scanning with an EINSTAR 2. Good for capturing complex freeform geometry — trim panels, brackets, ducting, body panels — without a CMM or a full teardown. On-site scanning within 30 miles of Los Angeles; drop-off or shipped-in parts welcome from anywhere.
Reverse Engineering to CAD
Raw scan meshes aren't usable for manufacturing on their own. I rebuild the geometry into clean parametric or surfaced CAD, correcting scan noise and adding features a scanner can't capture — hole callouts, thread specs, wall thickness, datum references.
Fabrication-Ready Deliverables
Files checked and formatted for how you're actually going to make the part — 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal, or casting — not just handed over as a raw STL.
Digital Archive / Documentation Scans
Scanning for documentation or archival purposes — capturing a part's exact geometry before it's modified, damaged further, or lost to time.
Common use cases
- Discontinued car parts (trim, brackets, housings, interior pieces)
- One-off or custom fabrication reference geometry
- Restoration projects where the original part is damaged or missing
- Motorsport and prototype parts needing quick iteration
Deliverable formats
- STL
- STEP
- IGES
- [Native CAD format you use — e.g. SolidWorks, Fusion 360]
Pricing
- 3D scanning
- $300 / hr, 30 min minimum
- 3D design / reverse engineering
- $100 / hr
- Design consultation call
- $75 / 30 min
Final project cost is scoped and agreed on during your design consultation call, before any contract is signed.
Turnaround
About 1 week from scan to delivered files for most single-part projects.
How a project runs
Every project follows the same process, start to finish — so you always know what's next.
Intake form
Submit the quote form with a description of the part and any supporting photos or documentation.
Design consultation
Scheduled within 24–48 hours of your submission — a paid call to go over the part in detail.
Scope, schedule & cost finalized
Coming out of the consultation, you get a concrete scope, timeline, and price — no surprises.
Contract signed
We put the agreed scope in writing before any work starts.
Work begins
Scanning, reverse engineering, and CAD reconstruction, start to finish.
Deliverable consultation call
A walkthrough of the finished files before final handoff — questions, revisions, and sign-off happen here.
Approval & final invoice
Once you approve the deliverables, I send the final invoice.
Asset submittal & close-out
All files and assets are delivered, and the project is closed out.