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A system that uses a technique called constructive solid geometry (CSG) is allowing MIT researchers to deconstruct objects and turn them into 3D models, thereby allowing them to reverse-engineer complex things. The system appeared in a paper entitled “InverseCSG: Automatic Conversion of 3D Mo…
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/04/engineers-can-now-reverse-engineer-3d-models/ [techcrunch.com]