We want to conduct FEAs for manufactured parts, but the manufacturing steps cause significant deviation from our CAD model, making the test results invalid. How can we get FEA results true to reality?
This is a very typical problem for manufacturers. Since many manufacturing steps can lead to “as-built” parts falling away from the CAD model’s “as-designed” specifications, FEAs performed on the original CAD model are not valid. GKS often scans manufactured parts to generate a CAD model that represents the true geometry of the completed part. The model created from 3D laser scan data provides an accurate as-built model on which to conduct the tests, yielding more accurate results predicting stress locations for the product.
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