Reverse engineering of complex geometry using rational B-splines

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 548-555

  Yau, Hong Tzong ^a   Chen, Jenq Shyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digitisation; Optimisation; Rational B splines; Reverse engineering; Surface approximation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

RATIONAL B SPLINES; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SURFACE APPROXIMATION;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031335066     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01176298     Document Type: Article

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