"...a concise, readable, accessible user manual. Readers should be able to get through this book quickly and then get on with the job of using the system." A.T. Campbell, Computing Reviews

• Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction to polyhedral concepts; 2. Designed surfaces and their theoretical bases; 3. Natural surfaces and data collection; 4. Graphical presentation; 5. Prismatic surfaces and two-and-a-half-d machining; 6. Closed polyhedra and Mercator's projection; 7. Machining algorithms; 8. Applications; Appendices; References; Index.

"...a concise, readable, accessible user manual. Readers should be able to get through this book quickly and then get on with the job of using the system." A.T. Campbell, Computing Reviews

• Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction to polyhedral concepts; 2. Designed surfaces and their theoretical bases; 3. Natural surfaces and data collection; 4. Graphical presentation; 5. Prismatic surfaces and two-and-a-half-d machining; 6. Closed polyhedra and Mercator's projection; 7. Machining algorithms; 8. Applications; Appendices; References; Index.