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  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • Computational Geometry

Background:

  • Low machining efficiency and quality issues plague free-form surface manufacturing.
  • Existing methods struggle with the complexity of free-form surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient and accurate method for dividing free-form surfaces.
  • To enhance the machining efficiency and quality of complex surfaces.

Main Methods:

  • A two-stage MATLAB-based free-form surface division method was developed.
  • Stage 1: Partition area identification using surface curvature and fuzzy c-means clustering.
  • Stage 2: Area boundary determination using the Voronoi diagram algorithm.

Main Results:

  • The method effectively divides free-form surfaces described by NURBS.
  • Simulation results show a 36% reduction in machining time.
  • The proposed method improves both machining efficiency and quality.

Conclusions:

  • The developed MATLAB program offers a practical solution for free-form surface division.
  • This approach significantly enhances the manufacturing process for complex geometries.
  • The method is validated for its effectiveness in real-world applications.