A unified representation of geometric constraint problems tosupport design and manufacturing applications

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Bettig, Bernie ^a   Shah, Jami ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric constraints; Parametric geometry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GEOMETRY;

FINITE SET; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT SOLVING; GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL DESIGN;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 85101129571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DAC-5627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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