Computing non-self-intersecting offsets of NURBS surfaces

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-228

  Ravi Kumar, G V V ^a   Shastry, K G ^a   Prakash, B G ^a  

^a AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Approximations; NURBS surfaces; Self intersections; Surface offsetting

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CURVE FITTING; EXTRUSION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SAMPLING;

SURFACE OFFSETTING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0036497385     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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