The development of a CAD environment to determine the preferred build-up direction for layered manufacturing

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 247-254

  Hur, Junghoon ^a   Lee, Kunwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Build time; Optimal build up orientation; Optimal layer thickness; Part accuracy; SLA (StereoLithography Apparatus); Support structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; LITHOGRAPHY; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS (SLA);

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031701699     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01199879     Document Type: Article

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