Parting Line Formation by Slicing a 3D CAD Model

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-343

  Wong, T ^a   Tan, S T ^a   Sze, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Parting line; Slicing algorithm; Undercut detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

PARTING LINE FORMATION; SLICING ALGORITHM;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0032307744     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01201764     Document Type: Article

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