Local topological beautification of reverse engineered models

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1337-1355

  Gao, C H ^a   Langbein, F C ^a   Marshall, A D ^a   Martin, R R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beautification; Geometric modelling; Healing; Reverse engineering; Topological modification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR DETECTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

BEAUTIFICATION; FREE-FORM SURFACES; GEOMETRIC MODELING; HEALING; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS; TOPOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4344597848     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2004.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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