A method for generation of machining and fixturing features from design features

Computers in Industry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-287

  Subrahmanyam, Somashekar R ^a  

^a AUTODESK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Feature recognition; Fixturing; Machining

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION USE; MACHINING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

FEATURE RECOGNITION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0036494760     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(01)00154-3     Document Type: Article

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