Feature-Based Reverse Engineering基于特征的逆向工程 机械零件.pdfVIP

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, VOL. 15, NO. 1, FEBRUARY 1999 57 Feature-Based Reverse Engineering of Mechanical Parts William B. Thompson, Senior Member, IEEE, Jonathan C. Owen, H. James de St. Germain, Stevan R. Stark, Jr., and Thomas C. Henderson, Senior Member, IEEE Abstract— Reverse engineering of mechanical parts requires used to create CAD models of a part based on sensed data extraction of information about an instance of a particular part acquired using three-dimensional (3-D) position digitization sufficient to replicate the part using appropriate manufacturing techniques [1]. Part-to-CAD reverse engineering produces techniques. This is important in a wide variety of situations, since functional CAD models are often unavailable or unusable models which allow up to date NC fabrication and facilitate for parts which must be duplicated or modified. Computer design modification. Successful instances include everything vision techniques applied to three-dimensional (3-D) data ac- from sporting goods to aircraft parts. quired using noncontact, 3-D position digitizers have the potential Reverse engineering of solid objects traces its roots back to for significantly aiding the process. Serious challenges must be the pantograph, which uses a mechanical linkage to duplicate overcome, however, if sufficient accuracy is to be obtained and if models produced from sensed data are to be truly useful for arbitrary geometric shapes a