System, method, and computer program product for localized cavity milling design
AssigneeUGS Corp.
InventorsTimothy Ray Fithian, Zhenqun Li
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program comprising loading a part definition; receiving a user selection of a local area of a part to be cut, the part corresponding to the part definition; creating a cut area max/min box according to the user selection; preparing a tracing according to the max/min box; identifying cut area containment shapes; setting trim shapes according to the cut area containment shape; creating cut-regions according to the trim, blank, part and check shapes; and creating a tool path program to cut the part, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- loading a part definition;
- receiving a user selection of a local area of a part to be cut, the part corresponding to the part definition;
- creating a cut area max/min box according to the user selection;
- preparing a tracing according to the max/min box;
- identifying cut area containment shapes;
- setting trim shapes according to the cut area containment shape;
- creating cut-regions according to the trim shapes;
- and
- creating a tool path program to cut the part;
- storing the tool path program in a data process memory;
- storing the tool path program in the data process memory.
A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:
- means for loading a part definition;
- means for receiving a user selection of a local area of a part to be cut, the part corresponding to the part definition;
- means for creating a cut area max/min box according to the user selection;
- means for preparing a tracing according to the max/min box;
- means for identifying cut area containment shapes;
- means for setting trim shapes according to the cut area containment shape;
- means for creating cut-regions according to the trim shapes;
- and
- means for creating a tool path program to cut the part.
A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, comprising:
- computer-executable instructions for loading a part definition;
- computer-executable instructions for receiving a user selection of a local area of a part to be cut, the part corresponding to the part definition;
- computer-executable instructions for creating a cut area max/min box according to the user selection;
- computer-executable instructions for preparing a tracing according to the max/min box;
- computer-executable instructions for identifying cut area containment shapes;
- computer-executable instructions for setting trim shapes according to the cut area containment shape;
- computer-executable instructions for creating cut-regions according to the trim shapes;
- and
- computer-executable instructions for creating a tool path program to cut the part;
- computer-instructions for storing the tool path program in the machine-readable medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.