Sculpteo, an additive manufacturing service bureau headquartered in France, expands sits offering with a professional 3D scanning service.
Designed for customers based in Europe, this new service enables companies to transform objects into high-resolution digital files, supporting applications such as prototyping, archiving and on-demand manufacturing.
With a focus on industrial accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility, Sculpteo’s 3D scanning service captures every detail of a part using advanced scanning technologies.
Customers can simply send or drop off their objects to the Sculpteo factory near Paris, where they are scanned and converted into ready-to-use 3D mesh files, compatible with a wide range of workflows and software environments. Custom file formats are available, ensuring seamless integration into existing design and production pipelines.
As one of the first steps in the additive manufacturing workflow, 3D scanning lays the groundwork for accurate reproduction, redesign, or reverse engineering of physical parts. Sculpteo’s scanning process is tailored to the size and complexity of each component: small parts are captured using an automated scanning system, where a rotating platform ensures every angle is recorded with consistency, while larger or more complex shapes call for a manual approach, ensuring precise detail capture across the entire geometry before the data ever reaches a printer.
Beyond additive manufacturing, Sculpteo’s scanning service is designed to support a broad range of industrial applications:
It enables reverse engineering, allowing accurate CAD models to be recreated from existing parts when original files are missing or outdated. It supports molding workflows, where digitized master parts become the foundation for precise, consistent reproduction.
Teams working on jigs and fixtures can design custom tooling with perfect alignment to real-world components, while manufacturers dealing with spare parts challenges can produce replacement components on demand, extending product lifecycles and reducing waste.
Sculpteo’s 3D scanning service is priced based on part size, complexity, and required resolution. All digital files are professionally edited and ready for use. Optional CAD-ready formats are available for projects requiring editable geometry.
Alexandre d’Orsetti CEO of Sculpteo: “We are pleased to be able to expand our offering to create a complete end-to-end solution for clients. We can now offer a complete service from scanning objects right through to 3D printing them at scale. With this service our vision of becoming the ultimate destination for all 3D printing needs comes to fruition.“
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