Computerized tool and method for the automated creation of a cutter ramp curve
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDuane Kunkee, Eric Delph, John F. Enberg, JR.
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Abstract
An automated and computerized technique as disclosed herein can be utilized to generate a modeled cutter ramp curve for a flange component. The technique can be utilized in conjunction with any suitable CAD system to render a cutter ramp curve on the modeled flange component. The system obtains a selected amount of user inputs, verifies that the user inputs are consistent with the geometry of the flange component, and generates the cutter ramp curve in response to the user inputs and the flange geometry.
Claims17
1-20. (canceled)
A computerized method for automated modeling of a cutter ramp curve for a flange having a modeled geometry, said method comprising:
- obtaining a first set of user inputs associated with a cutter tool to be used during machining of the flange;
- obtaining a second set of user inputs associated with the modeled geometry of the flange;
- generating, using a processor, a cutter diameter parameter in response to said first set of user inputs;
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- producing, using the processor, a modeled cutter ramp curve based upon the modeled geometry of the flange and said cutter diameter parameter;
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- storing the modeled cutter ramp curve in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.