Handheld, desktop and long-range scanners that turn physical parts into accurate CAD models, from tiny precision parts to whole plants.
Not sure which scanner fits? Part size and tolerance decide it. Start from the parts you reverse engineer most often.
Screws, connectors, small castings, dental and jewelry work
Artec Micro II€19,800
Pump housings, brackets, molded plastics, engraved parts
Artec Spider II€27,000
Castings, machined parts and tooling where only the datums need targets
Artec Neo€35,100
Machined and cast parts, tooling, black or shiny surfaces
Artec Point II€23,900
Also consider Artec Metrology Kit: Professional — keeps that accuracy across multi-meter parts
Car bodies, machinery, boat hulls and molds, on site
Artec Leo€34,800
Also consider Artec Metrology Kit: Entry — for metrology-grade accuracy on large parts
Piping, production lines, building interiors
Artec Ray II€59,450
One workflow in Artec Studio Pro, whichever scanner you choose.
Capture the part in minutes with live feedback. Most Artec scanners track geometry and texture, so targets and spray are rarely needed.
Artec Studio aligns and fuses the scans into a clean, watertight model of the real part, worn areas included.
Fit planes, cylinders and other CAD primitives, take cross-sections and autosurface free-form areas. Add fillets, chamfers and draft angles.
Export STEP, IGES or X_T, or send the model straight to SOLIDWORKS, Geomagic Design X or Control X.
An engine block, a pump housing, a bent EGR pipe, a steering rack and plant piping: the ribs, holes and machined edges you need for CAD, captured cleanly. Spin any model and zoom in.
Cylinders, ribs, gears and narrow recesses of a cast-iron engine, down to the stamped serial number.
Want to see how it handles your own parts?
What teams changed after switching to Artec 3D scanners.
38h
Replacing a measuring arm with Leo cut scanning from 4–8 hours per vehicle to under one, and processing from 2–3 days to under an hour.
Scanned withArtec Leo
2weeks
Stripped vehicles are scanned in 2 hours and processed in 5, instead of a week of measuring and a week of placing over 3,000 targets.
Scanned withArtec Leo
15–30min
A full vehicle for custom parts design takes 15–30 minutes instead of 1–2 hours, and simple parts are twice as fast.
Scanned withArtec Leo
It depends on the size of your parts and the tolerances you need to hold. Artec Micro II suits tiny parts up to about 15 cm, Artec Spider II small and medium parts with fine detail, Artec Neo tolerance-critical parts with targets only where they matter, Artec Point II the highest accuracy and black or shiny surfaces, Artec Leo large objects such as car bodies and machinery, and Artec Ray II whole plants and piping.
A common rule of thumb is that the measuring tool should be several times more accurate than the tightest tolerance you need to reproduce. For machined parts that usually means 0.02–0.05 mm, which Artec Point II and Spider II deliver. For large or free-form parts, 0.1 mm from Artec Leo is usually enough, and Artec Metrology Kit keeps accuracy tight across several meters.
Both. Artec Studio Pro builds an accurate mesh, then lets you fit CAD primitives, take cross-sections, autosurface free-form areas and add fillets, chamfers and draft angles. Export STEP, IGES or X_T, or send the result directly to SOLIDWORKS, Geomagic Design X or Control X.
Usually not. Artec Spider II and Leo track the part by its geometry and texture, so scanning starts straight away. Artec Point II uses small targets to reach metrology-grade accuracy, and Artec Neo can work with or without them in the same scan. Very shiny or transparent surfaces may still need a light matting spray.
Yes. The blue laser of Artec Point II is built for black and shiny surfaces, and Artec Spider II captures dark, shiny, thin and deep features cleanly. The cast-iron and machined parts in the real scans above were captured this way.
The reverse engineering tools are part of Artec Studio Pro, available as a yearly plan or a lifetime license. Premium Packs include five years of Artec Studio.
Yes. Book a demo and an Artec 3D expert will walk you through the scan-to-CAD workflow on parts like yours and help you choose the right scanner.
Scanning usually takes minutes: the water pump in the scans above took 5 minutes with Spider II, and the four-cylinder engine 30 minutes. Building the CAD model depends on complexity; legacy, worn or broken parts typically go to accurate CAD in hours.
Yes. Export the mesh as STL for 3D printing, or the finished CAD model as STEP, IGES or X_T for CAM and CNC machining. Scan the first produced part and compare it with the CAD model to confirm the fit.
