A 3D surface offset method for STL-format models

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Qu, Xiuzhi ^a   Stucker, Brent ^b  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

SURFACE OFFSET METHODS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0038041964     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540310477436     Document Type: Article

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