Hierarchical approach is adopted in the precision retrieval stage. The retrieval result shows that the target car door panel and the best match are of the highest similarity, where global shape,cut out feature onbottom left, compoundfeature in the center, and bends are main differences. The rank of the returned typical surfaces indicates that its correspondence with human perception. Therefore, using precise retrieval of typical surface to search car door panel is offeasibility. Based onthebestmatch,relatedmoldplanningandmoldbasecanbe modified for reuse.