System and method for automated object measurement
AssigneePlethora Corporation
InventorsNick Pinkston, Jonathan Stults
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Abstract
A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method including: generating a virtual model based on a virtual part design received from a user account, the virtual model comprising a virtual part model, based on the virtual part design, virtually fixed to a virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume; generating a probing routine based on the virtual model; sending the probing routine to the machine; receiving probe outputs from the machine; and validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs.
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A method for automated part probing of a fixture plate with a machining system, the method comprising:
- automatically selecting a first and second virtual part model from a plurality of virtual part models based on optimization of a set of manufacturing parameters, wherein the first and second virtual part model are associated with a first and second user account, respectively;
- automatically selecting a first and second standard virtual fixture from a plurality of standard virtual fixtures based on the first and second virtual part models, respectively;
- automatically generating a virtual fixture assembly comprising a first and second virtual part precursor, corresponding to the first and second virtual part models, respectively, fixed to a standard virtual fixture plate by the first and second standard virtual fixtures, respectively;
- generating fixturing instructions to fix a first and second physical part precursor to a standard physical fixture plate using a first and second standard physical fixture to form a physical fixture assembly corresponding to the virtual fixture assembly, wherein the first and second physical part precursors correspond to the first and second virtual part precursors, respectively, the first and second standard physical fixtures correspond to the first and second standard virtual fixtures, respectively, and the physical standard fixture plate corresponds to the standard virtual fixture plate;
- generating probing instructions for the physical fixture assembly based on the virtual fixture assembly and a predetermined work coordinate system;
- generating expected probe outputs based on the virtual fixture assembly;
- controlling the machining system to execute the probing instructions on the physical fixture assembly;
- receiving actual probe outputs from the machining system for the physical fixture assembly;
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- validating the physical fixture assembly based on the actual probe outputs and the expected probe outputs.
A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method comprising:
- automatically selecting a first and second virtual part design from a plurality of virtual part designs based on a manufacturing process optimization, each virtual part design received from a different user account;
- automatically selecting a first and second standard virtual fixture based on the first and second virtual part design, respectively;
- automatically generating a virtual model, the virtual model comprising:
- a first and second virtual part precursor based on the first and second virtual part designs, respectively, the first and second virtual part precursors virtually fixed by the first and second standard virtual fixtures to a standard virtual fixture plate, respectively;
- the standard virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume;
- generating a probing routine based on the virtual model;
- sending the probing routine to the machine;
- receiving probe outputs from a probe of the machine;
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- validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs.
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