Determining Side-Cores of Plastic Moldings

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The determination of side-core for plastic moldings plays an important part in design process. Numerous studies have been investigated for side-cores recognition in literature. However, most of the existing methods have been developed based on the side-core surfaces of one region are known. In fact, it is difficult to identify relevant surfaces of one region. This study proposes a new algorithm of relevant surface attribution (RSA) based on topological relationship and V-map to automatically identify relevant surfaces of a side-core region. Then, the proposed approach defines the shape of side-core region as bounding surfaces and side-core direction. Finally, case studies are used demonstrating the applicability and usage of proposed approach.

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