Algorithm to offset and smooth tessellated surfaces

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-363

  Malosio, Matteo ^a   Pedrocchi, Nicola ^a   Tosatti, Lorenzo Molinari ^a  

^a Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Offset; Prototyping; STL; Surface; Tessellated surfaces

Indexed keywords

CONCAVE GEOMETRY; GEOMETRIC ALGORITHM; OFFSET; PREPROCESS; PROTOTYPING; SURFACE-MODIFYING; TESSELLATED SURFACES; TEST CASE; TRIANGULAR FACETS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 73349128753     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3722/cadaps.2009.351-363     Document Type: Article

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