Autodesk, Inc.
ROUGHING TOOLPATH SEQUENCES GENERATION FOR COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design and manufacture of physical structures using roughing toolpath sequences generated for subtractive manufacturing include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining 3D models of a part and a workpiece and information regarding different cutting tools and cutting data therefor; determining a set of candidate combinations of the different cutting tools to effect the roughing operations by estimating a target machining result for each of multiple, tool-size-ordered lists of the different cutting tools; generating an expanded set of combinations of the different cutting tools to effect the roughing operations by adding variations of the candidate combinations; populating a multidimensional roughing operations representation vector using the expanded set of combinations; optimizing values of the multidimensional roughing operations representation vector using simulation of the roughing operations; and providing specified tool selections and operational parameters for use in roughing the part.