Machining sequence determining method and apparatus for wire-cut electric discharge machining and computer readable medium storing a machining sequence determining program

A method of determining a machining sequence of wire-cut electric discharge machining for continuously machining a plurality of machining shapes through a plurality of machining stages, said method comprising:

• (a) preparing a plurality of machining types and machining stages for each of said machining types;
• (b) selecting one machining type from said plurality of machining types;
• (c) determining a plurality of machining objective shapes;
• (d) explicating the determined machining objective shapes and the machining stages for the selected machining type to enable to edit sequence of combinations of the machining objective shapes and the machining stages;
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• (e) editing and determining the sequence of combinations of said explicated machining objective shapes and machining stages.

An apparatus for determining a machining sequence of wire-cut electric discharge machining for machining a plurality of machining shapes through a plurality of machining stages, comprising:

• a storage unit storing a plurality of machining patterns respectively defining combinations of objective shape of machining and machining stages for the objective shapes and a sequence of the combinations;
• an input unit selecting one machining pattern from said machining patterns and for determining each of the objective shapes;
• an explicating unit explicating said selected machining pattern to enable to edit the sequence of said combinations;
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• an editing unit editing and determining the sequence of said combinations in said explicated machining pattern.

An apparatus for determining a machining sequence of wire-cut electric discharge machining for machining a plurality of machining shapes through a plurality of machining stages, comprising:

• a selecting unit selecting one machining type from a plurality of machining types prepared in advance;
• an input unit determining a plurality of objective shapes of machining;
• an explicating unit explicating the determined objective shapes and machining stages associated with the selected machining type to enable to edit a sequence of combinations of the objective shapes and the machining stages;
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• an editing unit editing and determining the sequence of combinations of said explicated objective shapes and machining stages.

A computer readable medium storing programs for determining a machining sequence of wire-cut electric discharge machining for machining a plurality of machining shapes through a plurality of machining stages, said medium storing:

• data of a plurality of machining patterns respectively defining combinations of objective shapes of machining and machining stages for the objective shapes and a sequence of the combinations;
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• programs for performing:
• a process of selecting one machining pattern from said machining patterns and determining each of the objective shapes;
• a process for explicating said selected machining pattern to enable to edit the sequence of said combinations;
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• a process for editing and determining the sequence of said combinations in said explicated machining pattern.

A computer readable medium storing programs for determining a machining sequence of wire-cut electric discharge machining for machining a plurality of machining shapes through a plurality of machining stages, said medium storing programs for performing:

• a process for selecting one machining type from a plurality of machining types prepared in advance;
• a process for determining a plurality of objective shapes of machining;
• a process for explicating the determined objective shapes and machining stages associated with the selected machining type to enable to edit a sequence of combinations of the objective shapes and the machining stages;
• and
• a process for editing and determining the sequence of combinations of said explicated objective shapes and machining stages.