Wide Area Machining of Regular Surface Texture

Abstract

A CAM software was developed for machining a broad range of complex shapes making use of the rule of surface texture. CL data is computed for the same shapes using rules of area texture in a narrow range. This CL data corresponds to surface texture during moving and turning mapping allowing the CL data to be obtained without the need to calculate the entire surface. This software is expected to enable textures with regular patterns to be machined accurately.