A new hollowing process for rapid prototype models

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-175

  Zhengyu, Zhang ^a   Yucheng, Ding ^a   Jun, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithmic languages; Boolean functions; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGES; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BOOLEAN OPERATIONS; CERAMIC SHELLS; STAIRCASE EFFECTS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 2942603028     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540410538987     Document Type: Article

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