Consumer Products
Product and packaging designers use 3D scanning to better understand products and to enhance the development process.
3D scanning can be beneficial in various stages of product development, including creating reference data, simulation, and analysis.
When creating packaging, often there isn't a solid CAD model, so 3D scanning can provide a digital reference to build off of.
Applications
- Reverse engineer competitor products
- Create reference models to build from
- Digitalise hand-crafted prototypes
- Scan soft items such as fabric or food
- Create test rigs, jigs & fixtures for production lines
- FEA Stress simulation of a design
- CFD analysis of a part
Shorten product development stages
Capture the surface details of clay or the fine edges of foam to speed up development
Enhance CAD outcomes
3D scanning allows you to have a solid foundation of reference data to work from
Quickly develop, recreate or document prototypes
Save time, energy and storage space by digitally storing prototypes, test rigs or trial parts
Assess competitor products or designs
Use scanned data to analyse what your competitors are doing well or how you could improve them