Raster milling tool-path generation from STL files

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-11

  Qu, Xiuzhi ^a   Stucker, Brent ^b  

^a BobCAD CAM   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; Programming and algorithm theory; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FILE ORGANIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

SURFACE SPLITTING ALGORITHMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODELS; TOOL PATH GENERATION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 31544474896     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610637219     Document Type: Article

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