MindCAD Part Scan

The complete digital solution

The fastest and most reliable way to digitize your models’ parts

A flexible and automatic parts digitizer, with features detection, fully integrated with your automated production environment.

MindCAD Part Scan

The complete digital solution

The fastest and most reliable way to digitize your models’ parts

A flexible and automatic parts digitizer, with features detection, fully integrated with your automated production environment.

The solution

  • A digital camera captures the parts and vectorizes boundaries​.

  • The resulting digital data is processed to extract, organize and classify specific features – notches, punches, markings and text.​

  • The features extraction process is flexible and configurable according to a dictionary of shapes and features.​

  • The flexibility of the solution allows you to handle parts of different dimensions, and to capture multiple parts at the same time​. The scanned parts can be grouped to form models.

  • The resulting files are feature-rich, ready to be used in any automatic cutting process​.

The solution

A digital camera captures the parts and vectorizes boundaries​.

The resulting digital data is processed to extract, organize and classify specific features – notches, punches, markings and text.​

The features extraction process is flexible and configurable according to a dictionary of shapes and features.​

The flexibility of the solution allows you to handle parts of different dimensions, and to capture multiple parts at the same time​. The scanned parts can be grouped to form models.

The resulting files are feature-rich, ready to be used in any automatic cutting process​.

Complete integration with production workflow

Fully integration with your automated production environment.

Compatibility with CAD systems

Enhance and update your model patterns – using any standard 2D CAD software, including the recommended MindCAD 2D modelling.

How does Part Scan work?

01

Setup & capture​

Fine-tune the capture parameters, based on parts material characteristics. Place and distribute the patterns on the capture area, the digital camera captures the part or set of parts .

02

Contour extraction and vectorization

The digital data is processed to extract contours. The parts’ contour, holes and internal lines are vectorized.

03

Define & apply rules

Define and apply rules for point filtering, feature detection (notches, punches, text) and define assembling margins.

04

Fine-tune part features​

You can refine rules to enhance specific features, such as rounding notches to optimize the cutting process.

05

Define parts properties​

The part-related information is defined, organized and saved.

06

Save the resulting model​