扫描体在机械设计中的应用

扫描体广泛地应用于实体建模、机器人的工作空间、自动化加工以及机械最优布局设计等许多领域，对扫描体的求解方法的研究具有重要的理论价值。笔者将扫描体的求解过程分为两个阶段：扫描体候选边界的确定以及扫描体边界的整理。通过对扫描体在各个阶段求解策略进行研究，笔者提出一种可用于机械布局设计的扫描体的求解方法，为机械设计中运动空间的确定、构件的结构设计以及最优布局提供了依据。

Swept Volume and Its Application to Mechanical Design

The swept volumes of moving objects are encountered extensively in solid modeling, robot manipulator workspace, manufacturing automation, mechanical space layout, and other areas, the study of swept volumes is an important basic theory for these areas. In the paper the calculating of swept volume is divided into two phases: the phase of determining of candidate boundaries of the swept volume and the phase of the trimming of candidate boundaries. The study has shown that the two-phase strategy is capable of calculating the swept volume which is applicable to mechanical layout design, therefore providing the basis for determining the workspace in mechanical design, the construction design of parts and the best layout.