GENERATING TOOL PATH DATA FOR AUTOMATIC MACHINING CENTER

摘要

A system for establishing data defining a path for machining tool such as a three-axes milling machine tool. The machining tool path is established within a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system which corresponds to a machine coordinate system for numerical control. The tool path is established along a first coordinate axis. The tool path is shifted to an adjacent path along the first coordinate axis in a second axis direction. The shifting pitch of the path corresponds to the interval of said path along the first the coordinate axis. The tool is shifted in third axis direction during travel along the path defined in the first and second axis direction.