Patent ID: 6996452

Claim:
A method in a fluid jet apparatus control system for automatically determining and generating motion instructions that are adjusted to compensate for lead or taper errors and that control movement and orientation of a cuffing head of a fluid jet apparatus to produce a target piece, comprising: for each of a plurality of entities that comprise a geometry of the target piece, receiving an indication of a process parameter associated with the entity, wherein at least two of the entities are associated with different values of the process parameter; based upon the indicated process parameter associated with the entity, automatically determining a corresponding angular adjustment using a predictive model that models at least one of a lead or taper angle as a function of the process parameter; and automatically generating and storing a motion instruction that indicates desired movement of the cutting head along with the determined corresponding angular adjustment; and automatically controlling movement and orientation of the cutting head of the fluid jet apparatus to produce the target piece in accordance with the motion instructions.