RPBloX rapid prototyping - More than just layers

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 111-120

  Lim, T ^a   Ritchie, J M ^a   Corney, J ^a   Davies, B J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular topology; Graph theory; Manufacturing and Assembly planning; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MACHINE TOOLS; MANUFACTURE;

FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPES;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 85086618818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2002/dfm-34165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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