Migrating from IGES to STEP: One to one translation of IGES drawing to STEP drafting data

Computers in Industry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-277

  Bhandarkar, Mangesh P ^a   Downie, Blair ^b   Hardwick, Martin ^b   Nagi, Rakesh ^a  

^a State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LIFE CYCLE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STANDARDS; VISUALIZATION;

INITIAL GRAPHIC EXCHANGE SPECIFICATION (IGES) FORMAT; STANDARD FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PRODUCT MODEL DATA (STEP) FORMAT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034190430     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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