A NEW APPROACH TO CNC TOOL PATH GENERATION

Authors
LO CC
Citation
Cc. Lo, A NEW APPROACH TO CNC TOOL PATH GENERATION, Computer Aided Design, 30(8), 1998, pp. 649-655
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Computer Aided Design → ACNP
ISSN journal
00104485
Volume
30
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
649 - 655
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4485(1998)30:8<649:ANATCT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The feedrate is one of the most important factors to machining efficie ncy and quality. Current methods for tool path generation adopt a cons tant velocity along the cutter location path and do not satisfy the de sired feedrate along the sculptured surface. This paper presents a new approach to tool path generation so as to cope with this problem. Met hods based on linear, curve, and surface interpolators are presented a nd analyzed, respectively. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights r eserved.