everything about QUICKSURFACE

Kostadin has more than 25 years of experience in 3D scanning industry, specializing in 3D scan processing, creating 3D scan algorithms, and product design. He was a key member of the team who built the first handheld 3D laser scanner.

Created for professionals and non-professionals, it’s a standalone reverse engineering software for converting 3D scanned STL meshes with simplicity and ease. QUICKSURFACE V 2.0 is the ultimate reverse engineering solution for your 3D scanner. Instead of designing products from scratch, it provides you with an extensive toolset that makes use of 3D measurements captured from physical objects. Users can then build better and more accurate CAD models in less time than building them from scratch.

What was the reason behind developing QUICKSURFACE?

3D scanners have opened up in terms of affordability and accessibility, but the 3D scanning software world has yet to follow. Affordable professional-grade 3D scanners can cost substantially less than standalone mainstream reverse engineering software. I believe cost is one of the contributing factors behind why 3D scanners (hardware) are adopted by more users, while reverse engineering software is still lagging behind in its adoption.

How is it that QUICKSURFACE is more affordable compared to similar standalone reverse engineering software on the market?

The way we built QUICKSURFACE was to take on a minimalist approach in designing the software. We focus on providing only the tools necessary for reverse engineering. People misunderstand reverse engineering and think it’s just about converting scan data from raw scans into a watertight mesh. Reverse engineering is much more than this. And because all the scanner manufacturers have already focused on creating meshes, we focused logically on the next steps—to create CAD models of what the real expectations are—mathematical surfaces, parametric and history representation of the scanned model.

What challenges were you looking to solve when developing QUICKSURFACE?

Anyone who has done reverse engineering before can tell you that can be a complex and time-consuming job. It’s difficult to achieve the right results while getting the accuracy you need. What we’re trying to achieve with QUICKSURFACE is to simplify the reverse engineering process. It’s about making it as efficient as possible while achieving the right results and keeping the accuracy of the CAD models with our best-fit algorithms. We’re reconstructing the reverse engineering process in a simple way without compromising on quality.

Is QUICKSURFACE constrained by the complexity of a part?

QUICKSURFACE’s capabilities and toolsets are not limited and virtually any part can be reverse-engineered regardless of its complexity. Because QUICKSURFACE provides the power of working simultaneously with prismatic and freeform shapes, there aren’t any limitations of the solution.