Re: Now if this could be used to make Packard parts

Posted by Don 37 On 2011/8/1 19:22:01

This is one of the things I do for a living working at a OEM auto manufacturer. When a scan is done with lets say using a white light scanner. ATOS is one kind I use. you get a CAD file. Although you just can't print it out on a 3D printer and use it for a pattern, There is a shrink factor that must be applied to the model before hand or the part becomes further from the original. I use CATIA to do that. I actually had a tool come off a 3D printer this morning, Although it was a model I made from scratch. If I was rich I would do that to many Packard parts I have thought of like the windshield for a 37 115/120 convertible. Dreaming now. It is fun stuff to do when I get inside the computer and I can stay all day creating. Unfortuantly its for new cars, I can not use it on my Packards............. dang why was a born to poor parents....