Efficient stock cutting for laminated manufacturing

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-298

  Karunakaran, K P ^a   Dibbi, Shivamurthy ^a   Shanmuganathan, P Vivekananda ^a   Raju, D Satyanarayana ^a   Kakaraparti, Srinivasarao ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Convex hulls; Layered manufacturing; Parting directions; Parting surfaces; Rapid prototyping; Visibility

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

LAMINATED MANUFACTURING (LM);

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0037016280     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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