Similar shape part program creation method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsMasaki Seki, Takashi Takegahara, Takeshi Arakaki
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Abstract
The invention includes defining a profile of a part having a plurality of similar shapes (F1, F2, F4, F5); creating a part program for machining a first similar shape (F1), serving as a reference, by a motion definition statement; specifying similar shapes (F2, F4, F5), which are to be machined under machining conditions identical with those of the first similar shape (F1), in a state where the profile of the part is displayed on a display screen; and creating part programs for the specified similar shapes (F2, F4, F5) using the part program of the first similar shape (F1).
Claims12
A similar shape part program creation method which creates a part program for machining a first shape and one or more shapes similar to the first shape, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) defining a profile of a part having a plurality of similar shapes, the plurality of similar shapes includes the first shape and the one or more shapes similar to the first shape;
- (b) displaying the profile of the part on a display screen;
- (c) creating a part program for machining the first shape of the plurality of similar shapes to serve as a reference;
- (d) finding automatically the one or more shapes similar to the first shape and displaying the one or more shapes on the display screen;
- (e) specifying on the display screen a similar shape, from the one or more shapes similar to the first shape, to be machined under machining conditions identical to those of the first shape;
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- (f) creating automatically a part program of the similar shape specified in step (e) using the part program of the first shape.
A method for creating a part program for machining a part having a plurality of shapes, the plurality of shapes including a reference shape and at least one similar shape, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) defining a profile of the part;
- (b) identifying the reference shape from the plurality of shapes;
- (c) producing a reference part program for machining the reference shape;
- (d) automatically identifying at least one similar shape to be machined under machining conditions substantially identical to machining conditions of the reference part program for the reference shape;
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- (e) producing a similar part program for machining the at least one similar shape identified in step (d) based on the reference part program.
A system for creating a part program for machining a part having a plurality of shapes, the plurality of shapes including a reference shape and at least one similar shape, said system comprising:
- selection means for defining a profile of the part, for identifying the reference shape from the plurality of shapes, and for identifying at least one similar shape from the plurality of shapes;
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- processor means, operatively connected to said selection means, for controlling the creating of the part program, said processor including at least
- definition means for defining the profile of the part in conjunction with said selection means;
- reference part program creation means for producing a reference part program for machining the reference shape;
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- similar part program creation means for producing a similar part program for machining the at least one similar shape under machining conditions substantially identical to machining conditions of the reference part program based on the reference part program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.