Geometric Constraint Solving and Applications
By: edited by Beat Brüderlin, Dieter Roller
Contributors: Roller, Dieter
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9783642637810; 9783642588983
Subjects: Engineering; Computer graphics; Computer-aided design; Computer simulation; Physics; Computer science
Description: Geometric constraint programming increases flexibility in CAD design specifications and leads to new conceptual design paradigms. This volume features a collection of work by leading researchers developing the various aspects of constraint-based product modeling. In an introductory chapter the role of constraints in CAD systems of the future and their implications for the STEP data exchange format are discussed. The main part of the book deals with the application of constraints to conceptual and collaborative design, as well as state-of-the-art mathematical and algorithmic methods for constraint solving.
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Table of contents: title: The Semantics of Geometric Constraints; title: Constraints for Conceptual and Collaborative Design; title: Constraint Representation and Solving Methods; title: Constraints for Freeform Surfaces; title: Index.