Virtual design, inspect and grind optimization process
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSteven M. Thomas, Diane M. Landers
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Abstract
A method for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece representative of an actual workpiece comprising: creating a three-dimensional tool model; defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece; creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the three-dimensional tool model; and passing each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices along the tool path and through the virtual workpiece; wherein material from the virtual workpiece coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed there through is subtracted from the virtual workpiece; and conducting a virtual inspection of the virtual work piece.
Claims25
A computer implemented method for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece model representative of an actual workpiece comprising:
- creating a three-dimensional tool model;
- defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece model;
- creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from said three-dimensional tool model;
- and
- passing each of said plurality of two-dimcnsional slices along said tool path and through the virtual workpiece model;
- wherein material from the virtual workpiece model coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed therethrough is subtracted from the virtual workpiece model;
- and
- conducting a virtual inspection of said virtual work piece model, comprising;
- generating an inspection line, said inspection line being used to intersect with the virtual workpiece model, to define an inspection point;
- wherein said inspection line is swept through a selected area of the virtual workpiece model, thereby collecting inspection data for the workpiece.
A storage medium, comprising:
- a machine readable computer program code for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece model representative of an actual workpiece;
- and
- instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method further comprising;
- creating a three-dimensional tool model;
- defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece model;
- creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from said three-dimensional tool model;
- and
- passing each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices along said tool path and through the virtual workpiece model;
- wherein material from the virtual workpiece model coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed there through is subtracted from the virtual workpiece model;
- and
- conducting a virtual inspection of said virtual work piece model, comprising:
- generating an inspection line, said inspection line being used to intersect with the virtual workpiece model to define an inspection point;
- wherein said inspection line is swept through a selected area of the virtual workpiece model, thereby collecting inspection data for the workpiece.
A computer data signal embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
- code configured to cause a processor to implement a method for virtual machining and inspection of a three-dimensional virtual workpiece model representative of an actual workpiece, the method further comprising:
- creating a three-dimensional tool model;
- defining a tool path through the virtual workpiece model;
- creating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from said three-dimensional tool model;
- and
- passing each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices along said tool path and through the virtual workpiece model;
- wherein material from the virtual workpiece model coming into contact with each of said plurality of two-dimensional slices passed therethrough is subtracted from the virtual workpiece model;
- and
- conducting a virtual inspection of said virtual work piece model, comprising:
- generating an inspection line, said inspection line being used to intersect with the virtual workpiece model to define an inspection point;
- wherein said inspection line is swept through a selected area of the virtual workpiece model, thereby collecting inspection data for the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.