Arc-intersect method for 5-axis tool positioning

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 663-674

  Gray, Paul J ^a   Bedi, Sanjeev ^a   Ismail, Fathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 Axis machining; Computer graphics; Depth buffer; Triangulated surfaces

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; TRIANGULATION;

5-AXIS MACHINING; ARC-INTERSECT METHOD; DEPTH BUFFER; TRIANGULATED SURFACES;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 14044274222     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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