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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00840 |
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| author | Zhang, Zheng Wu, Kang Li, Yi-Fei Liu, Xu Wang, Xiang Liu, Ligang Fu, Xiao-Ming |
| author_facet | Zhang, Zheng Wu, Kang Li, Yi-Fei Liu, Xu Wang, Xiang Liu, Ligang Fu, Xiao-Ming |
| contents | We propose a novel method to generate a small set of ruled surfaces that do not collide with the input shape for linear hot-wire rough machining. Central to our technique is a new observation: the ruled surfaces constructed by vertical extrusion from planar smooth curves, which approach the input shape's outer contour lines while having no collisions, are capable of removing materials effectively during rough machining. Accordingly, we develop an iterative algorithm that alternates in each iteration between computing a viewpoint to determine an outer contour line and optimizing a smooth curve to approximate that contour line under the collision-free constraint. Specifically, a view selection approach based on genetic algorithm is used to optimize the viewpoint for removing materials as much as possible, and present an adaptive algorithm to find the constrained curves. The feasibility and practicability of our method are demonstrated through 10 physical examples. Compared with manual designs, our method obtains lower errors with the same number of cuts. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Outer Contour-driven Ruled Surface Generation for Linear Hot-wire Rough Machining Zhang, Zheng Wu, Kang Li, Yi-Fei Liu, Xu Wang, Xiang Liu, Ligang Fu, Xiao-Ming Computational Geometry We propose a novel method to generate a small set of ruled surfaces that do not collide with the input shape for linear hot-wire rough machining. Central to our technique is a new observation: the ruled surfaces constructed by vertical extrusion from planar smooth curves, which approach the input shape's outer contour lines while having no collisions, are capable of removing materials effectively during rough machining. Accordingly, we develop an iterative algorithm that alternates in each iteration between computing a viewpoint to determine an outer contour line and optimizing a smooth curve to approximate that contour line under the collision-free constraint. Specifically, a view selection approach based on genetic algorithm is used to optimize the viewpoint for removing materials as much as possible, and present an adaptive algorithm to find the constrained curves. The feasibility and practicability of our method are demonstrated through 10 physical examples. Compared with manual designs, our method obtains lower errors with the same number of cuts. |
| title | Outer Contour-driven Ruled Surface Generation for Linear Hot-wire Rough Machining |
| topic | Computational Geometry |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00840 |