... 2011 22 12 2011 22 12 2011 digital simulation mechanical engineering computing mechatronics product design product development production engineering computing rapid prototyping (industrial) solid modelling virtual prototyping A mechatronic system is the combination...

... computing parallel processing solid modelling surgery topology user interfaces geometrical modeling surgical simulation interactive visualization Vascular and interventional radiology has been one of the indispensable medical procedures for the remedy of aneurysm, tumor ablation...

...Jami J. Shah 16 06 2011 16 06 2011 CAD/CAM mechanical engineering computing solid modelling At the start of my Ph.D. in 1980, I caught a glimpse, purely by chance, of the emerging field of computer-aided design (CAD). It intrigued and fascinated me to such an extent that I...

... in position tolerance is called a “bonus tolerance.” geometric programming mathematics computing solid modelling statistical analysis tolerance analysis 17 07 2008 30 07 2009 16 02 2010 16 02 2010 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... 18 02 2009 02 11 2009 02 11 2009 assembling error analysis modal analysis solid modelling statistical analysis variational techniques 3D assembly form errors modal analysis positioning force statistical analysis nonconformity rate Variational geometry...

... machining process planning solid modelling five-axis CAPP macroplanning machining directions visibility map aircraft structural components 1 Computer assisted process planning (CAPP) is still a major hurdle to efficient CAD/CAM integration. Generating process plans is still a difficult...

...Duane Storti; Mark A. Ganter; William R. Ledoux; Randal P. Ching; Yangqiu Patrick Hu; David Haynor This paper describes a new formulation of solid modeling for treating parts derived from volumetric scans (computed tomography, magnetic resonance, etc.) along with parts from traditional computer...

... , D. , Peabody , M. , Regli , W. , and Shokoufandeh , A. , 2001 , “ Indexing and Clustering of Solid Models: Techniques and Empirical Results ,” ASME J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. 1530-9827 , 1 , pp. 300 – 310 . 10.1115/1.1430233 Reeb , G. , 1946 , “ Sur les Points...

... implementation by orders of magnitude. 29 12 2006 23 01 2009 04 06 2009 computational geometry curve fitting solid modelling Detecting collision and interference between moving objects is a ubiquitous problem in a number of critical application domains, such as mechanical design...

... images of solid models. Modern graphics processing units (GPUs) can be programed in hardware to accelerate specialized rendering techniques. In this research, we have developed new algorithms that utilize the programmability of GPUs to evaluate the machinability of free-form surfaces. The method runs...

... the sculpted models with CAD/CAM/CAE systems for further design and analysis. Triple-dexel modeling is an extension of single-dexel modeling for the purpose of improving data sampling quality. The memory cost of a triple-dexel model is proportional to the surface area of the solid model and the ray...

... computer interaction mesh generation product development rendering (computer graphics) solid modelling haptic interface virtual prototyping CAD/CAM digital mockup virtual assembly Global competition in the manufacturing industry calls for quicker and better product development...

... to specify the cutting tool surfaces as biparametric surface patches. Such an approach provides comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) definitions of the cutting tools. The surface model of a cutting tool can be converted into a solid model and used for the finite element based stress analysis and simulation...

... gamma distribution solid modelling surface fitting The continuing progress of 3D range-sensing technologies has motivated the application of point cloud data in many subject areas such as geometric modeling, machining, computer-aided inspection, and computer graphics. The data typically...

... with benchmark problems, indicating that they have superior accuracy compared with other lower-order tetrahedral elements. 19 06 2007 29 07 2007 finite element analysis matrix algebra solid modelling variational techniques Solid modeling is an integral part of the manufacturing...

... that need to be formulated as the drill design changes. This paper presents a method to create accurate models of two-flute conical twist drills using solid-modeling techniques, which addresses some of these shortcomings. Boolean operations are used to mimic the drill manufacturing steps and generate...

... the in-process workpiece geometry is continually changing as each tool pass is executed. This paper describes research on a hybrid analytical, solid modeler, and feature-based methodology for extracting TWEs generated during general turning. Although a pure solid modeler-based solution can be applied...

... solid modelling mesh generation computational complexity image processing computational geometry 3D reconstruction silhouettes computer vision camera calibration triangulation The 3D model construction from 2D images is of considerable importance in the various industrial areas...

... obtaining all of the 3D feature point information, a new 3D model can be constructed, based upon connectivity information for the triangles created in prior steps of the method. Since the reconstructed solid model does not inherently contain surface texture information, texture mapping can be added to make...

... digitized data (Fig. 14 ). 15 09 2006 06 07 2006 reverse engineering CAD knowledge based systems optical scanners solid modelling edge detection feature extraction reverse engineering quality of digitized data extraction of 3D edges sensor path planning Reverse...