Research on CAD/CAM Integration Methods Based on the STL Model

Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering book series (LNEE, volume 367)

Abstract

At present, data exchange between different CAD/CAM systems becomes an increasingly large issue for engineers and other technical personnel in enterprises. In this paper, in order to enable better integration of CAD/CAM systems applications, we put forward the CAD/CAM integration methods which are based on the STL model. The STL model is a generic interface for the current popular CAD/CAM systems; by means of analysis with the STL model, the integration methods for CAD/CAM have been accomplished, But also, the methods have been verified through examples that show that these methods are simple and practical.

Keywords

STL model CAD/CAM Integration methods 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.The Key Laboratory of Contemporary Design and Integrated Manufacturing TechnologyNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi’anChina

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