A direct method for the automatic discretization of 3D parametric curves

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 639-647

  Cuillière, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Mesh generation; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; FUNCTIONS;

AUTOMATIC DISCRETIZATION; MESH GENERATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031236264     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(97)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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