Representation and deformation of developable surfaces (Q1823608)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4115817
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Representation and deformation of developable surfaces
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4115817

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    Representation and deformation of developable surfaces (English)
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    1989
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    Developable surfaces play an important role in CAD/CAM applications such as die design. This paper derives a discrete representation of developable surfaces from the orientation of the tangent plane along a geodesic, yielding a smooth piecewise circular cone approximation to the surface.
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    Developable surfaces
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    discrete representation
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    smooth piecewise circular cone approximation
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