System, method, and computer program product for localized cavity milling design
View Patent ↗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.
1. 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.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cut area containment shape is the maximum area the tool path can address for an associated cut area on a specified cut level of the part.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cut area max/min box defines a two-dimensional area.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein cut area containment shape defines a three-dimensional area.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein cut area containment shape comprises multiple layers.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing collision checking according to the regions.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cut regions are created also according to part, check, and blank shapes.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cut area containment shape at a first level contains the cut area containment shape at a lower level.
9. 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.
10. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein the cut area containment shape is the maximum area the tool path can address for an associated cut area on a specified cut level of the part.
11. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein the cut area max/min box defines a two-dimensional area.
12. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein cut area containment shape defines a three-dimensional area.
13. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein cut area containment shape comprises multiple layers.
14. The data processing system of claim 9 , further comprising means for performing collision checking according to the regions.
15. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein the cut regions are created also according to part, check, and blank shapes.
16. The data processing system of claim 9 , wherein the cut area containment shape at a first level contains the cut area containment shape at a lower level.
17. 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.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the cut area containment shape is the maximum area the tool path can address for an associated cut area on a specified cut level of the part.
19. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the cut area max/min box defines a two-dimensional area.
20. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein cut area containment shape defines a three-dimensional area.
21. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein cut area containment shape comprises multiple layers.
22. The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer-executable instructions for performing collision checking according to the regions.
23. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the cut regions are created also according to part, check, and blank shapes.
24. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the cut area containment shape at a first level contains the cut area containment shape at a lower level.