Virtual design, inspect and grind optimization process

A storage medium, comprising:

• a machine readable computer program code for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece representative of an actual workpiece;
• and
• instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method further comprising:
• creating a three-dimensional tool model;
• defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece;
• creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from said three-dimensional tool model;
• and
• passing each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices along said tool path and through the virtual workpiece;
• wherein material from the virtual workpiece coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed there through is subtracted from the virtual workpiece;
• and
• conducting a virtual inspection of said virtual work piece.

A computer data signal, comprising:

• code configured to cause a processor to implement a method for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece representative of an actual workpiece, the method further comprising:
• creating a three-dimensional tool model;
• defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece;
• creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from said three-dimensional tool model;
• and
• passing each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices along said tool path and through the virtual workpiece;
• wherein material from the virtual workpiece coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed therethrough is subtracted from the virtual workpiece;
• and
• conducting a virtual inspection of said virtual work piece.