This paper introduces a domestically developed CAD/CAM system,CAX,which is able to meet the needs of small and medium sized enterprises.Firstly,the motivations and principles for the developing of the system are prese...This paper introduces a domestically developed CAD/CAM system,CAX,which is able to meet the needs of small and medium sized enterprises.Firstly,the motivations and principles for the developing of the system are presented.Then,the functions and features of CAX are described.In the 3rd section,the algorithms for generating blending surfaces with both constant radius and variant radii are detailed.Six color plates showing the applications of CAX are included in section 4.Finally,dis- cussed are some enhancements being added to CAX in th future.展开更多
文摘This paper introduces a domestically developed CAD/CAM system,CAX,which is able to meet the needs of small and medium sized enterprises.Firstly,the motivations and principles for the developing of the system are presented.Then,the functions and features of CAX are described.In the 3rd section,the algorithms for generating blending surfaces with both constant radius and variant radii are detailed.Six color plates showing the applications of CAX are included in section 4.Finally,dis- cussed are some enhancements being added to CAX in th future.