SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OBJECT MEASUREMENT

摘要

A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method including: generating a virtual model based on a virtual part design received from a user account, the virtual model comprising a virtual part model, based on the virtual part design, virtually fixed to a virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume; generating a probing routine based on the virtual model; sending the probing routine to the machine; receiving probe outputs from the machine; and validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs.

主权项

1. A method for automated part probing of a fixture plate with a machining system, the method comprising:
generating a virtual fixture assembly comprising a first and second virtual part model fixed to a virtual fixture plate, wherein the first and second virtual part model are associated with a first and second user account, respectively; generating fixturing instructions to fix a first and second physical part precursor to a physical fixture plate to form a physical fixture assembly corresponding to the virtual fixture assembly, wherein the first and second physical part precursors correspond to the first and second virtual part precursors, respectively, and the physical fixture plate corresponds to the virtual fixture plate; generating probing instructions for the physical fixture assembly based on the virtual fixture assembly and a predetermined work coordinate system; generating expected probe outputs based on the virtual fixture assembly; controlling the machining system to execute the probing instructions on the physical fixture assembly; receiving actual probe outputs from the machining system for the physical fixture assembly; and validating the physical fixture assembly based on the actual probe outputs and the expected probe outputs.