Computing a Attest, Undercut{free Parting Line for a Convex Polyhedron, with Application to Mold Design ?
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A parting line for a convex polyhedron, P, is a closed curve on the surface of P. It deenes the two pieces of P for which mold-halves must be made. An undercut-free parting line is one which does not create recesses or projections in P and thus allows easy de-molding of P. Computing an undercut-free parting line that is as at as possible is an important problem in mold design. In this paper, an O(n 2)-time algorithm is presented to compute such a line, according to a prescribed atness criterion, where n is the number of vertices in P.
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