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Stepwise volume decomposition for the modification of B-rep models

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During product design, the modification of computer-aided design (CAD) models is frequently required. However, modifying a boundary representation (B-rep) model, which is a typical type of CAD model, is difficult and time consuming. To address this problem, we propose a method for modifying B-rep models. In the proposed method, a B-rep model is decomposed into simple volumes by stepwise volume decomposition. A pseudo feature tree called the composition tree is generated with the decomposed simple volumes. A user can modify the B-rep model by transforming or deleting constituents of the composition tree and then replaying the updated composition tree. To demonstrate the proposed method, a prototype system was implemented, and experiments with test cases are performed. Based on the experimental results, we verified that B-rep models could be easily modified using the proposed method.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A University, 37, Nakdong-daero 550 beon-gil, Saha-gu, Busan, 604-714, Republic of Korea

    Byung Chul Kim

  2. Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 2559, Gyeongsang-daero, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 742-711, Republic of Korea

    Duhwan Mun

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Kim, B.C., Mun, D. Stepwise volume decomposition for the modification of B-rep models. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 75, 1393–1403 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-6210-z

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