Automatic strategy determination for computer aided manufacturing

A method comprising:

• receiving a virtual part from a user account, the virtual part comprising a plurality of part features;
• classifying each part feature of the plurality with a feature class from a predetermined set of feature classes, each feature associated with an ordered series of tactics, each tactic associated with a different tool type from a set of tool types, wherein each successive tactic within an ordered series is dependent upon a preceding tactic within the ordered series;
• grouping the tactics across different features into tactic groups;
• determining inter-feature tactic dependencies within each tactic group;
• sorting the tactics into a master series while preserving the tactic dependencies;
• based on the master series, automatically determining a master toolpath based on a set of manufacturing cost parameters, comprising:
• determining a toolpath primitive for each tactic based on the geometry of the respective part feature;
• combining the toolpath primitives for the tactics based on the master series to generate a master toolpath;
• and
• automatically translating the master toolpath into machine code, wherein a physical part is manufactured by controlling a machine according to the machine code.