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A part needs to be considered from separate technical viewpoints. A need of form features transmutation and recognition derives from this assessment. This paper presents a recognition strategy to fulfil this need. The strategy consists in the separation of the process in two steps: first to produce elementary characteristic shapes from a pure geometric viewpoint, then to assemble these shapes in form features depending on the technical viewpoint used. The geometric viewpoint is detailed and follows a set of rules which characterize shapes as modifications of a succession of previous gross shapes. Each characteristic shape is extracted after recognition in order to produce the proceeding gross shapes, thus enabling an easier process for succeeding recognitions and producing a proposition for a global gross shape at the end of the process.
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Brun, J.M. (1995). From characteristic shapes to form features: a recognition strategy. In: Soenen, R., Olling, G.J. (eds) Advanced CAD/CAM Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34834-6_10
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