Reverse engineering: Autonomous digitization of free-formed surfaces on a CNC coordinate measuring machine

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1041-1051

  Song, C K ^a   Kim, S W ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES;

AUTOMATIC ALGORITHM; COMPENSATION ALGORITHM; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE; FREE FORMED SURFACE; POLYHEDRON SURFACE MODEL; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

SURFACES;

EID: 0031191119     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(96)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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