Vehicle exhaust pipe modeling

In an automobile, the exhaust system comprises piping that is used to guide exhaust gases away from a controlled combustion inside the engine. Upgrading the exhaust system and reverse engineering it with all design tolerance is momentous and a challenging task. Using a 3D handheld scanner we can digitally capture the entire underside of the vehicle in a few minutes. The 3D scan data is post-processed and imported in reverse engineering software like Geomagic Design X. Initially, scan data is aligned with the global coordinate system. Using mesh simplification, the size of the mesh is reduced, to make the model easier to work with. Using the Pipe Wizard feature in Design X, the existing exhaust pipe was easily selected by specifying the shape, size, and other details. A new, high-performance exhaust system is created step by step. The CAD model of the custom-made exhaust system is given to the customer in the desirable format.