System and method for computer-aided plate punching

A system for computer-aided plate punching, the system comprising a reading module configured for reading processing data and a design drawing of a workpiece as a processing diagram;

• a setting module configured for configuring the read data, and configuring template attributes and figure attributes of the processing diagram;
• a selecting module configured for selecting template information and figure information based upon the configured template attributes and figure attributes, and selecting operation modes and cutters for processing the workpiece;
• a processing module configured for deleting unrelated information in the processing diagram according to the selected template information and figure information, and processing the workpiece according to the selected operation modes and cutters;
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• a generating module for generating and optimizing cutters information while processing the workpiece, generating a list of cutters according to the optimized cutters information, and converting the list of cutters into corresponding CNC codes.