Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001

44.5 NC CUTTER PATHS

 

· When we have simple features, paths are easy to generate. These features include,

  1. - steps
  2. - pockets
  3. - holes
  4. - etc.

 

· Typically paths for these will repeat as shown below,

 

 

· For complex surfaces we want to contour appropriately. These surfaces will almost always be represented with spline patches.

 

 

· Recall that a spline patch can be represented parametrically

 

 

· A simple algorithm to cut the surface is shown below.