Reverse engineering modelling of free-form surfaces from point clouds subject to boundary conditions

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 120-127

  Kruth, J P ^a   Kerstens, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAD; NURBS; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

FREE FORM SURFACES; NON UNIFORM RATIONAL B SPLINES (NURBS); REVERSE ENGINEERING;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032048258     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(97)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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