Automatic subdivision and refinement of large components for rapid prototyping production

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-258

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3DU; AFG; Assembly features; DFRP; Object decomposition; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; JOB ANALYSIS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

3DU; AFG; ASSEMBLY FEATURES; DFRP; OBJECT DECOMPOSITION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 62349088962     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2753162     Document Type: Article

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