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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Jan C. Torfs, Terneuzen, NL;
Cornelis F. J. Den Doelder, Terneuzen, NL;
Eduardus L. L. Broekaart, Nieuw-Namen, NL;
Evelien M. Dedeyne, Ghent, BE;
Patrick A. Carey, Midland, MI (US);
Jan C. Torfs, Terneuzen, NL;
Cornelis F. J. Den Doelder, Terneuzen, NL;
Eduardus L. L. Broekaart, Nieuw-Namen, NL;
Evelien M. Dedeyne, Ghent, BE;
Patrick A. Carey, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for designing a plastic article having a desired appearance. The process includes having a desired appearance and then obtaining fabrication parameters from the set of virtual article parameters. The present invention can include steps for characterizing an appearance of a target article (target article appearance) and then fitting virtual article parameters to the target article appearance.