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US 7,577,492 B2Granted
Automatic programming method and automatic programming device
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Kamiya, Hiroshi Katano, Kenji Iriguchi, Susumu Matsubara
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Abstract
A machining unit corresponding to a cursor position in an editor section and in a synthetic model of a product model and a work model displayed in a model display section is highlight-displayed, and at the time of editing a created NC creation program, it is clearly determined to which machining unit on the model the cursor position in the editor section corresponds.
Claims8
An automatic programming method having an NC creation program-editing function for editing an NC creation program including a plurality of machining units and a machining program for each machining unit by using a program editing screen,
- the program editing screen including:
- a machining shape tree on which a plurality of machining unit names indicating a machining shape of the machining unit, as a unit of machining in which continuous machining is performed with the same main spindle and with the same tool, is displayed hierarchically according to a machining order;
- a program tree on which a plurality of machining program names relating to the respective machining units is displayed hierarchically according to the machining order;
- an editor section in which machining unit data corresponding to one of the machining unit names specified on the machining shape tree including machining shape information indicating the machining shape and machining content data indicating machining contents, and the machining program corresponding to one of the machining program names specified on the program tree are displayed to perform editing;
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- a model display section in which a product model, a work model, and a machining shape model corresponding to a machining unit that corresponds to the one of the machining unit names are displayed three-dimensionally, comprising:
- automatically inserting machining shape information corresponding to a specified shape element required for forming the machining unit data with respect to the machining shape model displayed in the model display section in a cursor position specified in the editor section,
- wherein the inserted machining shape information indicates the machining shape of the machining unit that machines the work model into the product model and a machining area of the machining unit specified in the machining program.
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An automatic programming device comprising:
- a display controller that displays a program editing screen having a machining shape tree on which a plurality of machining unit names indicating a machining shape of the machining unit, as a unit of machining in which continuous machining is performed with the same main spindle and with the same tool, is displayed hierarchically according to a machining order, a program tree on which a plurality of machining program names relating to the respective machining units is displayed hierarchically according to the machining order, an editor section in which machining unit data corresponding to one of the machining unit names specified on the machining shape tree including machining shape information indicating the machining shape and machining content data indicating machining contents, and the machining program corresponding to one of the machining program names specified on the program tree are displayed to perform editing, and a model display section in which a product model, a work model, and a machining shape model corresponding to a machining unit that corresponds to the one of the machining unit names are displayed three-dimensionally;
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- an NC creation program editor that edits an NC creation program including a plurality of machining units and a machining program for each machining unit, based on an input to the program editing screen,
- wherein the display controller automatically inserts machining shape information corresponding to a specified shape element required for forming the machining unit data with respect to the machining shape model displayed in the model display section in a cursor position specified in the editor section,
- wherein the inserted machining shape information indicates the machining shape of the machining unit that machines the work model into the product model and a machining area of the machining unit specified in the machining program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.