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A review of automatic dimensioning and tolerancing schemes

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Dimensioning and tolerancing are very important issues in product design and manufacture. This paper gives a survey and review of the current state-of-the-art solutions to the problem of finding a meaning for dimensions and tolerances. Dimensioning and tolerancing in current engineering practices and researches in these topics are also discussed.

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Yu, K.M., Tan, S.T. & Yuen, M.F. A review of automatic dimensioning and tolerancing schemes. Engineering with Computers 10, 63–80 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200178

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