Horizontally structured CAD/CAM coordinate system for manufacturing design

摘要

A method of horizontally structured CAD/CAM manufacturing, comprising with horizontal coordinate systems comprising: selecting a blank for machining into an actual part; establishing a coordinate system (6a); and establishing another coordinate system (6b) wherein the another coordinate system (6b) exhibits an associative relationship (13) with the coordinate system (6a). The method also includes creating a master process model (20) comprising: a virtual blank (10) corresponding to the blank; a manufacturing feature (12); virtual machining of the manufacturing feature (12) into the virtual blank (10), the manufacturing feature (12) exhibiting another associative relationship (13) with at least one of the coordinate system (6a) and the another coordinate system (6b); and generating machining instructions to create the actual part by machining the manufacturing feature (12) into the blank.