Edge-based identification of DP-features on free-form solids.

Lim, T; Medellin, H; Torres-Sanchez, C; Corney, J R; Ritchie, J M; Davies, J B C · IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell · 2005

biomechanical · Level V

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Abstract

Numerous applications in mechanical CAD/CAM need robust algorithms for the identification of protrusion and depression features (DP-features) on geometric models with free-form (B-Spline) surfaces. This paper reports a partitioning algorithm that first identifies the boundary edges of DP-features and then creates a surface patch to cover the depressions or isolate the protrusions. The novelty of the method lies in the use of tangent continuity between edge segments to identify DP-feature boundaries that cross multiple faces and geometries.

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