Reconstruction of Composite Surface Based on CMM Point Data

In this paper, a novel surface reconstruction method is presented to creat a composite surface with point data on surface obtained by CMM. In this method, the 3th non-uniform B-spline algorithm is proposed to reconstruct every single free-form surface on the whole composite surface, and the algorithm for surface blending is proposed to merge every single surface together to achieve the level of G1 continuity. Furthermore, in order to check and visualize the reconstruction model, a special closed-loop RE system is developd by VC++ to constantly guide to measure and reconstruct untill the model fits in with requirements. Examples are included to illustrate the approach.