Abstract
Layered Manufacturing allows physical prototypes of 3D parts to be built directly from their computer models, as a stack of 2D layers. This paper proposes a new approach, which decomposes the model into a small number of pieces, builds each separately, and glues them together to generate the prototype. This allows large models to be built in parallel and also reduces the need for so-called support structures. Decomposition algorithms that minimize support requirements are given for convex and non-convex polyhedra. Experiments, on convex polyhedra, show that the approach can reduce support requirements substantially.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Algorithms and Data Structures - 7th International Workshop, WADS 2001, Proceedings |
Editors | Frank Dehne, Jorg-Rudiger Sack, Roberto Tamassia |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 389-400 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 3540424237, 9783540424239 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Event | 7th International Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, WADS 2001 - Providence, United States Duration: Aug 8 2001 → Aug 10 2001 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 2125 |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Other
Other | 7th International Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, WADS 2001 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Providence |
Period | 8/8/01 → 8/10/01 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.