Manufacturability analysis for a sculptured surface using visibility cone computation

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Yang, W ^a   Ding, H ^a   Xiong, Y ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUTTING TOOLS; MACHINING; MANUFACTURE;

COVEX ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURABILITY ANALYSIS; SCULPTURED SURFACE MACHINING; VISIBILITY CONE;

TOOLS;

EID: 0032681566     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700050073     Document Type: Article

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