a method and system for creating and refilling holes in image data is disclosed herein . the method can include receiving scanned image data that represents a tangible object , and that can be generated by an object scanner from the tangible object and converting the scanned image data to polygonal data that can be a collection of vertices , edges and faces . the method can include identifying geometry in the polygonal data for hole cutting and cutting a hole by removing the identified geometry from the scanned image data . the method can include generating modified polygonal data by filling the cut hole with polygonal data and outputting the modified polygonal data .