Intelligent Retrieval of Solid Models
Vincent A. Cicirello · 1999
....................................... ix 1 INTRODUCTION . . .............................. 1 1.1 ProblemStatement ............................... 1 1.2 OverviewofApproach............................. 4 1.3 Outline of Thesis . . .............................. 5 2 BACKGROUND . . . .............................. 6 2.1 GraphMatching ................................ 6 2.1.1 Definitions and Background . . ....................... 8 2.1.2 CommonApproaches ............................ 9 2.1.3 Invariants................................... 11 2.1.4 ConventionalApproaches .......................... 13 2.1.5 OtherApproaches .............................. 17 2.2 SolidModelingandFeatureBasedDesign................... 22 2.2.1 Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) . . . . . ................ 22 2.2.2 Boundary Representation (B-rep) . . . . . . ................ 22 2.2.3 Feature-based Modeling . . . . ....................... 23 2.2.4 Feature Recognition From Solid Models . . ...................