Machining stock and part offset control
AssigneeSiemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
InventorScott Dixon
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of the presently preferred invention provides a method and a computer-program product for generating a boundary path from a part geometry and a part boundary, where the part boundary is parametrically associated with the part geometry such that as the part geometry changes so does associated custom boundary member data.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method for generating a boundary path, comprising:
- designing a part geometry,
- defining a part boundary parametrically associated to said part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- customizing said at least one transition boundary member with said at least one custom boundary member, wherein said customizing is at least one of an ignore member function, a tolerance offset function, a member offset function, a supplemental corner option function, and a fine finish stock function.
A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium to perform a computer-implemented method for generating a part boundary, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to:
- design a part geometry,
- define a part boundary parametrically associated to said part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- customize said at least one transition boundary member with said at least one custom boundary member, wherein said customizing is at least one of an ignore member function, a tolerance offset function, a member offset function, a supplemental corner option function, and a fine finish stock function.
A general purpose computing machine, comprising:
- an electronic path for transmitting a part boundary signal wherein said part boundary signal comprises:
- instructions for milling a part boundary associated to a part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- instructions for milling a customized feature encompassing said at least one transition boundary member adjacent to said at least one custom boundary member.
A milling machine, comprising:
- an input path electrically connected to a controller for interpreting a part boundary signal, wherein said part boundary signal comprises:
- instructions for milling a part boundary associated to a part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- instructions for milling a custom feature encompassing said at least one transition boundary member adjacent to said at least one custom boundary member.
A general purpose computing machine, comprising:
- an electronic path for transmitting a part boundary signal wherein said part boundary signal comprises:
- instructions for milling a part boundary associated to a part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- instructions for milling a customized feature encompassing said at least one transition boundary member adjacent to said at least one custom boundary member;
- and
- a clean-up function between two custom boundary members having different stock values.
A milling machine, comprising:
- an input path electrically connected to a controller for interpreting a part boundary signal, wherein said part boundary signal comprises:
- instructions for milling a part boundary associated to a part geometry, wherein said part boundary has at least one custom boundary member contiguous to at least one transition boundary member, and
- instructions for milling a custom feature encompassing said at least one transition boundary member adjacent to said at least one custom boundary member;
- and
- a clean-up function between two custom boundary members having different stock values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.