Operation decomposition for freeform surface features in process planning

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 621-636

  Sun, Ganping ^a   Sequin, Carlo H ^b   Wright, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposing; Form features; Freeform surfaces; NC milling; Process planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MILLING MACHINES; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FREEFORM SURFACE FEATURES;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0035427320     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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