Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Reverse EngineeringRelationship Between Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping

Reverse Engineering: Relationship Between Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping [In recent years, advanced reverse engineering (RE) techniques have been developed to convert point cloud data, obtained through digitization (by contact or noncontact scanning), into CAD models either in NURBS or STL (triangular mesh) format. These CAD models can be subsequently used for fabrication by using either conventional material removal methods (e.g., milling) or material incremental methods, i.e., rapid prototyping (RP). On the other hand, as a nonconventional fabrication method, RP has been gaining greater popularity in industry recently due to its capability of creating three-dimensional (3-D) parts with complex geometries. Typically, the CAD model in the STL format is first sliced into 2-D layers before RP fabrication can be carried out. The fabrication efficiency and accuracy are directly affected by the thickness of the layers.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Reverse EngineeringRelationship Between Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping

Part of the Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing Book Series
Editors: Raja, Vinesh; Fernandes, Kiran J.
Zhang, Y.F.; Wong, Y.S.; Loh, H.T.
Reverse Engineering — Jan 1, 2008
Download PDF
21 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/reverse-engineering-relationship-between-reverse-engineering-and-rapid-OzIm2Ry0d0
Publisher
Springer London
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag 2008
ISBN
978-1-84628-855-5
Pages
119 –139
DOI
10.1007/978-1-84628-856-2_6
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[In recent years, advanced reverse engineering (RE) techniques have been developed to convert point cloud data, obtained through digitization (by contact or noncontact scanning), into CAD models either in NURBS or STL (triangular mesh) format. These CAD models can be subsequently used for fabrication by using either conventional material removal methods (e.g., milling) or material incremental methods, i.e., rapid prototyping (RP). On the other hand, as a nonconventional fabrication method, RP has been gaining greater popularity in industry recently due to its capability of creating three-dimensional (3-D) parts with complex geometries. Typically, the CAD model in the STL format is first sliced into 2-D layers before RP fabrication can be carried out. The fabrication efficiency and accuracy are directly affected by the thickness of the layers.]

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Point Cloud; Rapid Prototype; Cloud Data; Point Cloud Data; Initial Layer

There are no references for this article.