Abstract
This paper addresses the question of what geometric objects can be designed and manufactured with a CAD/CAM system and especially what geometric objects can be approximated by those produced with a CAD/CAM system. For a class of simple material removal processes (cut and discard finitely many times), the answer is that all closed convex subsets of the workpiece can be approximated, in a sense that is related to tolerances. Implications for cost functions and for incremental design and manufacture are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | MS99-179-1 - MS99-179-6 |
| Journal | Technical Paper - Society of Manufacturing Engineers. MS |
| Issue number | MS99-179 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
