...intersect
This condition also allows us to express contour relationships in a tree fashion. e.g. ``Feature A is a child of Feature B''.

...pockets
``profile'' features can be defined by arcs, lines, and piecewise parametric cubics, linked end to end to form complex curves.

...features
The reader must be careful to distinguish between mechanical or machined features and visual or geometric features.

sobh@cs.utah.edu
Thu Sep 15 18:23:33 MDT 1994