Even out wearing of machine components during machining

A system comprising:

• a data processing apparatus including at least one hardware processor;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions of a computer-aided design or manufacturing program, the instructions being configured to cause the data processing apparatus to:
• obtain information regarding a geometry of a part to be machined by a computer-controlled manufacturing system from a workpiece;
• based on the information regarding the geometry, identify a set of machine components to be used by the computer-controlled manufacturing system during machining the part from the workpiece;
• determine a position for the workpiece within a machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system to machine the part, wherein the position is determined as to even out wear on at least one of the set of machine components, based on data indicating previous positions, movements and wear of machine components associated with the computer-controlled manufacturing system;
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• provide instructions to position the workpiece at the determined position within the machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system to even out wear on the at least one of the set of machine components, thereby causing the part to be machined by the computer-controlled manufacturing system from the workpiece positioned at the determined position within the machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system.

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

• obtaining information regarding a geometry of a part to be machined by a computer-controlled manufacturing system from a workpiece;
• based on the information regarding the geometry, identifying a set of machine components to be used by the computer-controlled manufacturing system during machining the part from the workpiece;
• determining a position for the workpiece within a machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system to machine the part, wherein the position is determined as to even out wear on at least one of the set of machine components, based on data indicating previous positions, movements and wear of machine components associated with the computer-controlled manufacturing system;
• and
• providing instructions to position the workpiece at the determined position within the machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system to even out wear on the at least one of the set of machine components, thereby causing the part to be machined by the computer-controlled manufacturing system from the workpiece positioned at the determined position within the machining envelope of the computer-controlled manufacturing system.