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Computers in Industry xxx (xxxx) xxx–xxx Computer Aided Parametric Design for 3D Tire Mold Production Chih-Hsing Chu a,*, Mu-Chi Song b, Vincent C.S. Luo c a Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan b Department of Computer Information Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan c STANDTECH Company, Taoyuan 330, Taiwan Received xxxx; received in revised form xxxx; accepted xxxx Available online xxxx Abstract This paper presents a parametric design system for 3D tire mold production. Tire grooves commonly used in the current industry are classified according to their modeling procedures, and the design parameters for each groove type are characterized. The result serves as a foundation for standardization of the tire mold design. The presented system simplifies the construction of 3D groove surfaces by reducing the number of interactive modeling operations. The resultant surface model is parameterized and thus allows for rapid creation of other grooves with simple design tables. In addition, a set of geometric algorithms is proposed that first detects undesired groove geometries arising in the design process, and then corrects them automatically. In this manner 3D mold models are created with minimal user interactions. This work is implemented in an integrated CAD/CAM system for actual mold production.