Design rule checker for sheet metal components using medial axis transformation and geometric reasoning

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Radhakrishnan, Raj ^a,b   Amsalu, Araya ^a   Kamran, Mehran ^a,c   Nnaji, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Intergraph Corporation   (United States)

^c Auto trol Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

DFM; Manufacturabili y analysis; Rule checking; Sheet metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001546527     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6125(96)89570-7     Document Type: Article

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