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Building a Cad-Native Digital Twin for Ndt and Plm: Workflow, Tools, and Case Study

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|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fas-2024-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2300-7591 | Journal ISSN: 2081-7738
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 187
Published on: Oct 14, 2025
Published by: ŁUKASIEWICZ RESEARCH NETWORK – INSTITUTE OF AVIATION
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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