Undercut feature recognition in an injection mould design system

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 777-790

  Fu, Mingwang W ^a   Fuh, Jerry Y H ^b,c   Nee, A Y C ^b  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Injection mould design; Undercut feature recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001659263     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(99)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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