Surface reconstruction for mid-slice generation on variable lamination manufacturing

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 131, 2002, Pages 384-389

  Lee, S H ^a   Ahn, D G ^a   Yang, D Y ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Advancing front technique; Cutting path; Rapid prototyping; Surface reconstruction; VLM Slicer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; SHEET METAL; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CUTTING PATH;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0037147082     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00730-6     Document Type: Article

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