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Author Albert, David J. Institution Albert Consulting Group, Saratoga, CA, USA
Source Machine Design. v 65 n 10 May 28 1993. 4p.
Abstract Improvements in technology can bring wonderful things. But in a year when most suppliers of solid modelers are changing their underlying technology, improvements are making it tough to assess how specific solid modelers will work with rapid prototyping (RP) technologies. In a nutshell, some of the standard metrics, used to evaluate the fit between RP and various modeling techniques are in the process of going out the window. This is coupled with the reintroduction of problems associated with the RP/solid modeling interface once thought to have long been solved. Some aspects of solid modeling software directly affect the ease of creating a rapid prototype part. These relate to how well the solid modeling system produces output for a particular rapid prototype technology. For the most part, this means the accuracy with which the system tesselates the boundary representation for the solid model. XX