Hollowing objects with uniform wall thickness

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-460

  Park, Sang C ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2D curve offsetting; Circle swept volume; Hollowing out a solid; Rapid prototyping; Uniform wall thickness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTOUR FOLLOWERS; CURVE FITTING; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

2D CURVE OFFSETTING; HOLLOWING OUT A SOLID; SAND CASTING; UNIFORM WALL THICKNESS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 10644223439     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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