Rapid prototyping from a computer scientist's point of view

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 18-25

  Dolenc, A ^a   Makela I ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UTILITY PROGRAMS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA HANDLING; ERROR ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATION; DATA EXCHANGE FORMATS; DATA FILES; LASER PRINTERS; COMPUTER SCIENTIST;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0030414950     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549610128198     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. Dolenc, A. and Mäkele, I., " Efficient data transfer and data preparation for rapid prototyping", in Stuttgarter Messe und Kongressgesellschalft mbH, Rapid Product Development, Am Kochenhof 16, D-70192 Stuttgart, Germany, April 1995, pp. 145-56.
2. The reader must keep in mind that we are discussing data exchange in the context of rapid prototyping.
3. Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. VDA Surface Interface, Version 2.0, VDA, Westendstrasse 61, D-6000 Frankurt am Main, Germany, January 1987.
4. US Department of Commerce, Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (ICES) Version 4.0, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA, June 1988.
5. 3D Systems, Inc., Stereolithography Interface Specification, 3D Systems Publications, Valencia, CA, July 1988.
6. Pang, T.H. and Jacobs, P.F., "StereoLithography 1993: QuickCast", in SolidFreeform Fabrication Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, August 1993, pp. 158-67.
7. The Common Layer Interface (CLI) is being developed in connection with two European research programmes (BRITE/EURAM 5278 and 5939)[8].
8. BRITE/EURAM, Common Layer Interface (CLI), 1994.
9. The specification provides no explicit indication of what the letters stand for. It was developed and is supported by 3D Systems[10].
10. 3D Systems, Inc., SLC File Specification. 3D Systems Publications, Valencia, CA, 1994.
11. Dolenc, A. and Mäkelä, I., "Slicing procedures for layered manufacturing techniques", Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 26 No. 2, February 1994, pp. 119-126. Also available as Technical Report TKO-B83 from the Helsinki University of Technology.
12. Dolenc, A. and Mäkelä, I., " LEAF: a data exchange format for LMT processes", Third International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH, 7-10 June 1992, pp. 155-60.
13. For the sake of brevity, the discussion is highly simplified.
14. Systems which have managed to accomplish this to some degree of success are also referred to nowadays as solid modelling systems which is, technically, incorrect.
15. Or perpendicular to the building direction.
16. Dutta, D., Kikuchi, N., Papalmbros, P., Prinz, F. and Weiss, L., "Project MAXWELL: towards rapid realization of superior products", in Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, August 1992, pp. 54-62.
17. Shah, J.J. and Mäntylä, M., Parametric and Feature based CAD/CAM: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1995.