Method of making a part and related system

摘要

A system and method of making a part, including capturing an actual tridimensional surface of each part to obtain a corresponding digitized actual surface, performing a tridimensional comparison between the digitized actual surface of each part and a nominal tridimensional surface, generating an actual location and orientation of an operation to be performed based on the tridimensional comparison, and performing the operation on the part based on the generated actual location and orientation of the element.

主权项

1. A manufacturing method, the method comprising:
providing a physical part establishing nominal tridimensional part definition of the physical part, the nominal tridimensional part definition including a nominal part surface, and a nominal location and orientation for at least one geometrical element of the physical part, the at least one geometrical element selected from a group consisting of; a surface, a profile, an ellipse, a diameter, an angle, a plane, a slot, a hole and a groove, the nominal tridimensional part definition further including digital elements corresponding to each of the at least one geometrical element; capturing an actual tridimensional surface of the physical part to obtain a corresponding digitized actual surface, the digitized actual surface including actual digital elements for each of the at least one geometrical element; performing a tridimensional comparison between the digitized actual surface and the nominal part surface, including determining a corresponding one of the actual digital elements of the digitized actual surface for each of the digital elements of the nominal tridimensional part definition, determining a relative displacement and rotation between the actual digital elements of the digitized actual surface and the digital elements of the nominal tridimensional part definition; generating an actual location and orientation of each of the at least one geometrical element on the digitized actual surface based on the tridimensional comparison; and providing each of the at least one geometrical element on the actual surface based on the actual location and orientation of the at least one element on the digitized actual surface.