An automated system for the assembly of octree models

Assembly Automation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-312

  Medellin H ^a   Corney, J ^a   Davies, J B C ^a   Lim, T ^a   Ritchie, J M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric planes and solids; Modelling; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

ADAPTIVE SCAN LINE ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION QUALITY COEFFICIENT; ASSEMBLY PLANNING SYSTEM; OCTREE DECOMPOSITION; OCTREE MODELS; SCAN LINE ASSEMBLY ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 4143054708     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150410549791     Document Type: Article

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