It analysis and discuss the main procedures and their relativity of reverse design. Due to loss of original design data of a composite special-shaped structure, we start from the analysis of reverse design. According to the inner surface forming characteristics, we use the three-coordinate contact measurement to take the points and reverse design the shape, analyze and adjust the design surface to meet the requirements. The surface and solid of composite laminate are formed, and the production data is provided meeting the needs of rapid product development. We should reverse design the product from model analysis, and consider the processes of analysis-measurement-forming as a whole.