Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Free-form Surface Generation from Measuring Points using Laser Scanner

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2002

Abstract

With the development of a laser scanner of high precision and increased speed, reverse engineering becomes a key approach to reduce the time for the development of new products. But the modeling process is not so automated enough until now.Modeling in real workshops is usually performed by the experienced operators and it requires a skillful technique to get the resultant surface of high quality and precision. In this paper, a systematic solution is proposed to automate the free-form surface generation from the measured point data. Compatibility is imposed to the measured point data during input curve generation. And the compatibility of cross-sectional curve is also considered for the loft surface generation. The data in each step is produced in IGES file format to make an easy interface to other CAD / CAM software without any further data manipulation.

Publication Title

International Journal of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering

Volume

3

Issue

4

First Page

15

Last Page

23

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