Designing a part manufacturable by milling operations
AssigneeDassault Systemes
InventorsPascal Hebrard, Sebastien Cetre, Dominique Coz, Daniel Pyzak
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Abstract
The embodiments relate to a method for designing a part manufacturable by milling operations. The method comprises providing a topologically optimized 3D modeled part, computing a bounding volume encompassing the topologically optimized 3D modeled part, defining a milling direction of a milling tool, computing a silhouette of the topologically optimized 3D modeled part according to the milling direction, the silhouette comprising a contour, and computing a new contour based on a parameter of the milling tool.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for designing a part manufacturable by milling operations comprising:
- obtaining a topologically optimized three-dimensional (3D) modeled part;
- computing a bounding volume encompassing the topologically optimized 3D modeled part;
- defining a milling direction of a milling tool;
- computing a silhouette of the topologically optimized 3D modeled part according to the milling direction, the silhouette comprising a contour;
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- computing a new contour based on a parameter of the milling tool.
A system comprising:
- a processor coupled to a memory storing a computer program that when executed by the processor causes the processor to be configured to:
- obtain a topologically optimized three-dimensional (3D) modeled part,
- compute a bounding volume encompassing the topologically optimized 3D modeled part,
- define a milling direction of a milling tool,
- compute a silhouette of the topologically optimized 3D modeled part according to the milling direction, the silhouette comprising a contour, and
- compute a new contour based on a parameter of the milling tool.
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