The lost information caused by feature interaction is restored by using auxiliary faces (AF) and virtual links (VL). The delta volume of the interacted features represented by concave attachable connected graph (CACG) can be decomposed into several isolated features represented by complete concave adjacency graph (CCAG). We can recognize the feature’s sketchy type by using CCAG as a hint; the exact type of the feature can be attained by deleting the auxiliary faces from the isolated feature. United machining feature (UMF) is used to represent the features that can be machined in the same machining process. It is important to the rationalizing of the process plans and reduce the time costing in machining. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method.
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