Computer-Aided Sculpture

Detailed examples of application of the basic programs on mainframe computers to all phases of application of the system to machined engineering and medical examples.

J. P. Duncan (Author), K. K. Law (Author)

9780521363037, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 November 1989

174 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg

"...a concise, readable, accessible user manual. Readers should be able to get through this book quickly and then get on with the job of using the system." A.T. Campbell, Computing Reviews

This book contains detailed examples of application of the basic programs on mainframe computers to all phases of application of the system to machined engineering and medical examples. Its successor, Computer-Aided Sculpture, presents the essentials of the system concisely with programs, and their documentation, adapted to microcomputer technology. This is a concise introduction to the theory and program documentation of a powerful computer-aided general-shape machining system called Polyhedral NC®.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to polyhedral concepts
2. Designed surfaces and their theoretical bases
3. Natural surfaces and data collection
4. Graphical presentation
5. Prismatic surfaces and two-and-a-half-d machining
6. Closed polyhedra and Mercator's projection
7. Machining algorithms
8. Applications
Appendices
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]