Automatic recognition of design and machining features from prismatic parts

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-145

  Senthil Kumar, A ^a   Salim, F K ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Feature recognition; Features

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MACHINING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; INTERSECTIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; DESIGN INTERFACE; FEATURE RECOGNITION; PRISMATIC PARTS; DESIGN FEATURE; GEOMETRICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0029659103     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01341562     Document Type: Article

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