Layer generation in a stepless rapid prototyping system

• Main Author: Ngooi, Chan Siang.
• Other Authors: Gong, Thomas Haiqing
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13516
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Current rapid prototyping processes build parts in a layer by layer based on CAD data of a part that is either triangulated or sliced directly into thin layers representing consecutive cross-sections of the part. One of the problems is that side surfaces of a layer that are not perpendicular to the...