Recognition of multi axis milling features: Part I-topological and geometric characteristics

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-250

  Sridharan, Nandakumar ^a   Shah, Jami J ^b  

^a UGS Corp   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; CAPP; Data exchange; Feature recognition; Machining process planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP); DATA EXCHANGE; FEATURE RECOGNITION; MACHINING PROCESS PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMMINUTION; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUTTING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MACHINING; MOTION PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SURFACE TESTING;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 12344329418     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1778718     Document Type: Article

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