An Integrated Approach Towards Process Planning for 5-axis Milling of Sculptured Surfaces Based on Cutter Accessibility Map

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 249-258

  Li, L L ^a   Zhang, Y F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cutter accessibility; Cutter selection; Cutting direction selection; Tool path generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744787393     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16864360.2006.10738462     Document Type: Article

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