Detection and Reconstruction of Freeform Sweeps
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Date
2014
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The Eurographics Association and John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Abstract
We study the difficult problem of deciding if parts of a freeform surface can be generated, or approximately generated, by the motion of a planar profile through space. While this task is basic for understanding the geometry of shapes as well as highly relevant for manufacturing and building construction, previous approaches were confined to special cases like kinematic surfaces or moulding surfaces. The general case remained unsolved so far. We approach this problem by a combination of local and global methods: curve analysis with regard to movability , curve comparison by common substring search in curvature plots, an exhaustive search through all planar cuts enhanced by quick rejection procedures, the ordering of candidate profiles and finally, global optimization. The main applications of our method are digital reconstruction of CAD models exhibiting sweep patches, and aiding in manufacturing freeform surfaces by pointing out those parts which can be approximated by sweeps.
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@article{10.1111:cgf.12287,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{Detection and Reconstruction of Freeform Sweeps}},
author = {Barton, Michael and Pottmann, Helmut and Wallner, Johannes},
year = {2014},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and John Wiley and Sons Ltd.},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/cgf.12287}
}