Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping in the Process of Developing Prototypes of Automotive Parts

The presented article deals with the application of Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyp-ing processes in development process automotive industry. In our case, we will focus on design exterior rear view mirror. We obtained information about shape as well data used to model part a virtual CAD computer environment by scanning it Leica laser scanner. point cloud was imported into CATIA V5 software, which is often software modules, section curves were translated points. Based these curves, free shaped surfaces mirror body its holder car door created. After creating body-mirror mount assembly, print parts generated for production Prototyping technology. printing method based ABS material using FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) chosen.