Reduction of post-processing for stereolithography systems by fabrication-direction optimization

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 711-725

  Kim, Ho Chan ^a   Lee, Seok Hee ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Build direction; Genetic algorithm; Part orientation; Post processing; Rapid prototyping; Stereolithography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERROR CORRECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GRINDING (MACHINING); INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RESINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BUILD DIRECTION; PART ORIENTATION; POST-PROCESSING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

LITHOGRAPHY;

EID: 14044272095     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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