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US 2008/0161965 A1Published application
Computer-aided manufacturing integrated machine probing
OwnerLuke D. Haines, David K. Georgeinventors
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to computer-aided manufacturing and, more particularly, to machine probing in computer-aided manufacturing. The invention comprises a method and apparatus employing an automated, integrated approach to generating add-on control software for a CNC tool.
Claims9
A method, comprising:
- accessing a computer-aided manufacturing software application;
- and
- coding a macro from within the accessed application for a numerical control controller for an controlling an add-on sensor.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a computer numerical code tool, including:
- an add-on sensor;
- and
- a numerical control controller including a software directive for the add-on sensor received from the application via the postprocessor;
- a computing apparatus on which resides;
- a postprocessor;
- and
- a computer-aided manufacturing software application residing on the computing apparatus from within which a user may program a macro to be implemented through the processor to control the add-on sensor.
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A numerical control controller, comprising:
- a processor;
- a bus system;
- a storage electronically communicating with the processor over the bus system;
- and
- a macro residing on the storage that, when executed by the processor, controls an add-on sensor, the macro having been coded from within a computer-aided manufacturing software application and having been transferred therefrom to the numerical control controller through a postprocessor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.