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Source Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Dec 15, 2000 v21 i12 p4.
Abstract Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that addresses the issue of adaptive slicing in rapid prototyping. The goal of adaptive slicing is to determine how thick the layers can be while maintaining an acceptably smooth surface on the part. The researchers, led by Denis Cormier, have developed an algorithm that identifies each face on a part and allows the engineer to specify different roughness requirements for those faces. There is no patent protecting the algorithm. It is published in the public literature and any company may use it. Cormier and the NCSU team are also working on a new inexpensive rapid prototyping process that that can also be used to produce parts in color. XX