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Title: Tolerance analysis and variational solid geometry

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/573298· OSTI ID:573298
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center

The fields of tolerancing and assembly analysis have depended for decades on ad hoc, shop floor methods. This causes serious problems when subjected toleranced designs to automated, analytical methods. This project attempted to further the formalization and mathematization of tolerancing by extending the concept of the Maximum Material Part. A software system was envisioned that would guide designers in the use of appropriate tolerance specifications and then create software models of Maximum Material Parts from the toleranced nominal parts.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
573298
Report Number(s):
SAND-98-0220; ON: DE98004157; TRN: AHC29807%%93
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English