We are interested in investigating the automation of 5 axis CAM for machining panel type geometry (auto headliners, dashboard panels, and some deep space applications).
While the geometry changes with each project the “process” is very redundant.
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What CAM software do you currently use? Or are you looking to create something “from scratch”?
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interesting, below is a 3-axis simulation I’ve done in Grasshopper
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Currently we are using CREO for both CAD and CAM.
Interesting. If you changed the geometry would you need to create a new process or would the process automatically update to the new geometry?
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Since I’m using Grasshopper to generate a toolpath, the geometry can be changed and the toolpath is updated accordingly
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Martin: Can we talk on the phone? my cell is 419-575-4395
Martin: I just saw that you are in Switzerland of course different time zones. Perhaps it will be easier initially to communicate here.
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Please send me a personal message
Is that stock removal scallop geometry a mesh? or nurbs, subD…?
The blue thing? It’s a capped pipe… nurbs…
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No, I surmise the blue thing is the tool. I"m referring to the tan/cream color board thing – the ‘stock’ itself per say. Is that part nurbs too?
Oh that’s a skateboard. It starts as a rectangular mesh or SubD. Before trimming the raw ‘pressed’ plywood, the SubD is converted to Nurbs and then it is split with the board shape.
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