A virtual prototyping system for rapid product development

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-412

  Choi, S H ^a   Chan, A M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dexel based and layer based simulation; Virtual prototyping; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

DEXEL-BASED AND LAYER-BASED SIMULATION; ENERGY DENSITY; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 1442334770     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(03)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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