Algorithmic Tolerances and Semantics in Data Exchange

Within industrial contexts, a common view of the level of confidence needed in CAD data transfer processes may be expressed as “1 don’t mind if the [CAD data- tmnsfer] algorithm sometimes has difficulties, provided I get a warning message that tells me something has gone wrong. ” A particularly annoying, even mystifying, CAD data exchange problem occurs in the so-called ‘round-trip’ problem. There, an acceptable model is transferred from an originating system to a neutral format and then back to the original system, only to find that serious new flaws now appear in the model within the originating system.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: COMPGEOM
• Authors: Thomas J. Peters, Neil F. Stewart, David R. Ferguson, P. S. Fussell
• Keywords: CAD Data, Cad Data Exchange, COMPGEOM 1997, Data Transfer Processes, Discrete Geometry