Approximate symmetry detection for reverse engineering

Proceedings of the Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 241-248

  Mills, B I ^a   Langbein, F C ^a   Marshall, A D ^a   Martin, R R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate symmetry; Beautification; Geometric interrogations and reasoning; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CURVE FITTING; SCANNING;

SYMMETRY DETECTIONS;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034836549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/376957.376985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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