Patent ID: 7110848
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium containing instructions to perform a method that generates an NC program from a CAD drawing for a sheet metal processing CAD/CAM system, the computer program product comprising: division and tool assignment means for searching for the shape of an arc, the shape of an inner processing arc, and the shape of an oblique line from sheet metal processing graphics of a CAD drawing, and converting them to divided processing shapes enclosed by orthogonal lines, which are then defined as material slug shapes; rectangular division and tool assignment means for dividing a remnant rectangular shape obtained based on the generated material slug shapes into rectangles and subjecting them to a tool assignment process; NC program generation means for generating an NC program from tool assignment data; and output means for outputting control commands based on the generated NC program.