Orthopaedic - Reverse Engineering

Converting Triangulated Surfaces to Nurbs Patches

The Mimics Innovation Suite offers an end-to-end solution for Engineering on Anatomy: from medical image stacks, to engineering design and FEA/CFD.

When it is necessary to process your geometries in traditional CAD environments our Reverse Engineering options allow you to export the 3D models from the Mimics Innovation Suite to IGES files (1) .This is useful when you are working with third party visualization software that only handles CAD files or you would like to continue using the traditional workflow for FEA/CFD simulations.

 


A: Start with DICOM images - B: Calculate 3D Anatomy - C: Smooth Anatomy - D: Anatomical IGES

Anatomical Reverse Engineering with the Mimics Innovation Suite is easy yet powerful:

  • Reverse engineering is simple and fully automated
  • The exported IGES files show remarkable accuracy (2)
  • The exported IGES surfaces are C0 watertight (3)

 
 

(1)Currently this functionality is limited to anatomical data models. Please consult with our technical team to confirm if this workflow is suitable for your needs

(2) Accuracy can vary between models

(3) C0 conformity cannot be always guaranteed for highly complex models