Title: A new approach of the visibility calculation of an object

Authors: William Derigent, Sebastien Remy, Gabriel Ris

Addresses: Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy, CRAN UMR 7039, Faculte des Sciences, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France. ' Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy, CRAN UMR 7039, Faculte des Sciences, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France. ' Research Centre for Automatic Control of Nancy, CRAN UMR 7039, Faculte des Sciences, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France.

Abstract: Currently, algorithms of mechanical part visibility determination are slow, because the part surface is cut into numerous elementary surfaces. In this article, we propose to take into account the visibility properties of convex and concave surface patches, in order to treat the object in a global way. This new method is studied on 2D curves; 3D extension is considered.

Keywords: digitalisation; optimisation; part visibility; convex surface patches; concave surface patches; freeform surfaces; form acquisition; product development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2004.005932

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2004 Vol.6 No.6, pp.550 - 556

Published online: 29 Dec 2004 *

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