Enhancement to horizontally structured manufacturing process modeling

摘要

Disclosed is a method of horizontally structured CAD/CAM manufacturing, comprising establishing a coordinate system (6) and a master process model (20). Virtual machining of a virtual blank (10) is modeled to facilitate establishing machining instructions to create an actual part. The actual manufactured part is created by a method of horizontally structured CAD/CAM manufacturing including a blank into which one or more manufacturing features (12a - 12j) may be machined in accordance with a machining instruction. The manufacturing feature(s) (12a - 12j) exhibits an associative relationship with a coordinate system (6).