Cadman Solutions Ltd

Our scanners capture data quickly and efficiently either with or without targets and without the need for external tracking devices or complex alignments. We can scan most physical parts from button sized items up to vehicle body panels.

Our customers include Aerospace, Arts/Sculpture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Medical and Military/Defence.

We can read and write a variety of different mesh formats and have specialist software to improve and tidy the data if required. 3D laser scanning allows data to be captured digitally without damaging the physical object being scanned. 3D scanning is the perfect solution if you wish to:

Digitally capture the exact size and shape of any physical object.
Create a “Family of Parts” from existing samples
Create 3D CAD models of components or tooling where no drawings are available
Capture 3D forms as a basis for designing mating parts
Capture data for 3D printing

For the past 30 years, Cadman Solutions have offered a range of CAD and CAM programming services to clients who are looking for practical solutions to their concepts and ideas. Based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and serving clients both nationally and internationally, we specialise in 3D laser scanning and reverse engineering.

Our reverse engineering services use our own scanned data or any 3rd party data that is suitable. Most scanners produce a point cloud and this is commonly output as an STL file which is a triangulated mesh or facetted file.

We can read a variety of different mesh formats and have specialist software to improve and tidy the data.

3D laser scanning allows data to be captured digitally without damaging the physical object being scanned. 3D laser scanning is the perfect solution if you wish to:

Digitally capture the exact size and shape of any physical object.
Create a “Family of Parts” from existing samples
Create 3D CAD models of components or tooling where no drawings are available
Capture 3D forms as a basis for designing mating parts
Capturing data for 3D printing.

Our extensive experience and engineering background enables us to supply practical solutions to UK manufacturers.

We will work closely with you to ensure that we fully understand your requirements and, most importantly, provide a solution that can be successfully manufactured. Over the years, we have worked with a variety of clients including:

Mould Toolmakers
Press Toolmakers
Vacuum Forming companies
Blow Mould companies
Model & Pattern makers

Our focus is delivering a great service to our clients. It doesn’t matter whether it’s producing a product design, prototype or production tooling, we believe in working closely with a client to make sure that the most practical and cost-effective solution is achieved and their expectations are met.

3D printers also use STL files although they require “watertight” meshes. Our mesh preparation software not only enables us to analyse and fix problems, but also combine, modify, and add features ready for printing.

Having produced a high-quality STL mesh file we offer several options:

We can create cutter paths directly on the STL file − no need to reverse model
Prototype models can be supplied, including using our in-house 3D Printing facility.
Nurb surfaces can be mapped onto the mesh to set tolerances. This is a good solution where the form is very organic and is similar to shrink-wrapping
Parametric CAD models can be created using the mesh surface. This is the most versatile and popular method as it creates a feature-based CAD model − ideal for geometric shapes.
A hybrid CAD model can be created mapping Nurb surfaces onto complex organic areas and uses parametric methods for the remainder of the part.

Both Nurb & Parametric surface and solid models are compatible with industry standard CAD systems and can be supplied in several Neutral or Native CAD formats.

These tool parts were re-modelled from 3D scans of an existing tool. Any damaged areas can be corrected on the re-constructed Cad form.

Wooden Artistic Sculptures like this Falcon are ideal to create 3D scans to be used as a basis for Bronze casting.

We undertake new Product designs for a variety of industries.

This type of organic form is ideal to scan then using the resulting mesh file to directly machine the scanned data.

Coming from a mould making background we can take your component and construct the tooling inserts allowing for draft, shrinkage etc.

From Concept to Manufacture

TR5 Rocker cover modelled from 2D Drawing.

We regularly create 3D Cad files of all kinds of bottles for blow mould customers.

We scan a variety of automotive parts and supply our customers with fully reverse modelled CAD files.

This Propeller blade is one example of our work for Aerospace companies.