Part orientations for CMM inspection using dimensioned visibility maps

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 741-749

  Kweon, Soonki ^a,b,c   Medeiros, D J ^a,d,e,f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c PSU IME Department

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IIE   (United States)

Author keywords

CMM inspection planning; Dimensioned visibility map; Part orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002780155     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(98)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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