Laminae-based feature recognition

Lim, T.C. and Corney, J.R. and Clark, D. (2001) Laminae-based feature recognition. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 23 (9). pp. 1043-1048. ISSN 0162-8828 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/34.955117)

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Abstract

Motivated by the needs of mould and die manufacturers, this paper presents a novel approach to recognizing shape features on geometric models composed of both simple and complex ruled surfaces. The algorithm described uses a network of adjacent 2D-laminae (i.e., bounded surfaces) derived from a component's CAD model to both locate and create generic protrusion and depression feature volumes. The approach also enables the automatic generation of alternative feature descriptions and requires no predefined feature libraries