- Services / Reverse Engineering
- Service 04 / 09
Capability
Discontinued, damaged, or undocumented — rebuilt to modern spec.
A worn sample, a photograph, or a broken original is enough. Grand Designs recreates the part in parametric CAD with proper tolerances and manufacturable files.
Measurement
Digital calipers · micrometers
Tolerance
Down to ±0.05 mm where it matters
Familiar with
Vortex V12 / V15 / V18 platforms
Turnaround
Days to weeks · complexity-driven
- What you get
A working file for a part nobody has the drawing for.
Precise measurement
Digital calipers, micrometers, and reference features captured from the physical sample.
Fresh parametric model
Rebuilt in Solid Edge as a proper feature-based model not a scan mesh you can't edit.
Updated drawings
Dimensioned prints with tolerances, GD&T, and material callouts. Ready for the shop or supplier.
Manufacturable file set
STEP, IGES, and DXF for whatever process makes sense machining, casting, printing, or forming.
- Photo Showcase
From worn original to working file.
Worn original + calipers + CAD screen split
PHOTO SLOT · 16:9 · story-driven
Digital caliper measurement in progress
PHOTO SLOT · 4:3
CAD render next to physical original
PHOTO SLOT · 4:3
- Who this is for
When the original supplier can't help or won't.
Legacy equipment parts no longer sold
OEM went out of business, discontinued the line, or stopped supporting older machines. The part still has to run and now it will.
Failed components without documentation
Something snapped, and nobody has the drawing. Send the two halves a fresh model comes back.
Wood chipper & industrial equipment lines
Direct experience with the Vortex V-family platforms V12, V15, V18 plus adjacent industrial equipment. Familiarity that shortens the clock.
Modernizing aging tooling
Take a decades-old die, fixture, or jig recreate it in modern CAD so it can be improved, not just copied.
- The Grand Designs edge
Measurement rigor from years on the QC floor.
Function-first modeling
The rebuilt part serves the mechanical intent not just the eroded geometry of the sample. Worn features get restored, not replicated.
Wood chipper platform familiarity
Nine years on the DYNA Vortex line before this studio existed. Familiar platforms move faster because Grand Designs already knows what "correct" looks like.
Modernized, not just cloned
Where the original design had known weaknesses, the rebuild can flag them and offer a better spec your call whether to keep or fix.
Got a broken sample?
Ship the part. Get a real drawing.
Even a phone photo with a ruler for scale is a starting point. A confirmed quote lands within 24 hours of first review.