Multi-tooltip control for computer-aided manufacturing

A system comprising:

• a data processing apparatus including at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions of a computer-aided design program, the instructions being configured to cause the data processing apparatus to
• obtain two or more toolpaths for manufacturing a physical structure and process control constraints, wherein each of the two or more toolpaths corresponds to a respective tooltip of two or more tooltips of a computer-controlled tool of a computer-controlled manufacturing system, each of the two or more toolpaths designates a respective path for the respective tooltip of the computer-controlled tool within a workspace of the computer-controlled manufacturing system, and the process control constraints define capabilities of each of the respective tooltips within the workspace of the computer-controlled manufacturing system,
• define a main toolpath and metadata for the main toolpath, wherein defining the metadata comprises defining, at each location of a plurality of locations along the main toolpath, operational parameters for at least one of the respective tooltips corresponding to the two or more toolpaths based on the process control constraints for the respective tooltips at the location, and wherein defining the main toolpath comprises
• selecting one of the two or more toolpaths to be the main toolpath based on the process control constraints for each of the tooltips and the physical structure to be manufactured, or
• generating the main toolpath based on the two or more toolpaths and the process control constraints for each of the tooltips and the physical structure to be manufactured,
• simulate manufacturing of the physical structure by the computer-controlled tool using the main toolpath and the metadata, and
• provide, responsive to a completion of the simulating, at least the main toolpath and the metadata which are usable by the computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture the physical structure from the main toolpath and the metadata.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining two or more toolpaths for manufacturing a physical structure and process control constraints, wherein each of the two or more toolpaths corresponds to a respective tooltip of two or more tooltips of a computer-controlled tool of a computer-controlled manufacturing system, each of the two or more toolpaths designates a respective path for the respective tooltip of the computer-controlled tool within a workspace of the computer-controlled manufacturing system, and the process control constraints define capabilities of each of the respective tooltips within the workspace of the computer-controlled manufacturing system;
• defining a main toolpath and metadata for the main toolpath, wherein defining the metadata comprises defining, at each location of a plurality of locations along the main toolpath, operational parameters for at least one of the respective tooltips corresponding to the two or more toolpaths based on the process control constraints for the respective tooltips at the location, and wherein defining the main toolpath comprises
• selecting one of the two or more toolpaths to be the main toolpath based on the process control constraints for each of the tooltips and the physical structure to be manufactured, or
• generating the main toolpath based on the two or more toolpaths and the process control constraints for each of the tooltips and the physical structure to be manufactured;
• simulating manufacturing of the physical structure by the computer-controlled tool using the main toolpath and the metadata;
• and
• providing, responsive to a completion of the simulating, at least the main toolpath and the metadata which are usable by the computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture the physical structure from the main toolpath and the metadata.