Backflip AI Launches CAD Copilot That Transforms 3D Scans Into Engineer-Quality, Editable CAD Models
Second-generation foundation model cuts the cost of digitizing a physical part from roughly $1,500 to $10 — live today as an add-in to Autodesk Fusion and on the web, and deployed at a top automotive manufacturer
Backflip AI today launched its AI copilot for CAD, powered by a new foundation model that converts 3D scans, STLs, and other mesh files into fully editable, parametric CAD models - complete with the feature trees an experienced engineer would build by hand. The copilot is generally available starting today in Backflip’s add-in for Autodesk Fusion and as a standalone web application.
Until now, turning any physical part into a usable CAD model meant hours of skilled reverse-engineering work at a typical cost of $1,500 or more per part. Backflip reduces that to minutes and roughly $10 - a more than 100x drop that makes it economical for manufacturers to digitize every part on the factory floor rather than a fraction of a percent of them.
Manufacturing teams are outnumbered by their CAD backlog
