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Acest pachet software CAATC poate îndeplini cele mai multe sarcini ale graficului de toleranță cu algoritmi și metode moderne și avansate. Cu ajutorul utilizatorilor, CAATC poate automatiza sarcinile de proiectare care ar dura ore, zile sau chiar săptămâni dacă ar fi efectuate manual. CAATC pare simplu, dar foarte complex de fapt. CAATC oferă utilizatorilor interfețe prietenoase și ajută planificatorul de proces să construiască diagrama de toleranță și folosește metoda algebrică pentru a determina lanțurile dimensionale și dimensiunile de lucru și pentru a implementa alocarea toleranței cu algoritmul genetic. CAATC trebuie să se ocupe de multe informații despre tăieturile de prelucrare, dimensiunile de lucru, secvențele proceselor, eliminarea stocurilor, dimensiunile rezultate și așa mai departe. Informația este foarte complexă. Deci, este greu să construiți o structură de date excelentă pentru a descrie diagrama toleranței unghiulare. Aceste sarcini trebuie rezolvate una câte una. După ce sistemul CAATC devine mai experimentat, ar trebui construită o structură de date mai simplificată. Metoda algebrică utilizată în determinarea dimensiunilor de lucru este foarte eficientă. Unele dintre condiții sunt necesare pentru a fi introduse direct de către utilizator în mod interactiv. Folosind CAATC ca instrument de dezvoltare a graficelor de toleranță, timpul poate fi redus drastic.
This CAATC software package can perform the most tasks of the tolerance charting with modern advanced algorithms and methods. With the input by users, CAATC can automate the design tasks that would take hours, days, or even weeks if performed manually. CAATC looks simple, but very complex in fact. CAATC gives users friendly interfaces and aids the process planner to construct the tolerance chart, and uses the algebraic method to determine the dimensional chains and working dimensions and to implement the tolerance allocation with the genetic algorithm. CAATC needs to deal with much information about the machining cuts, work dimensions, process sequences, stock removals, resultant dimensions, and so on. The information is very complex. So, it is hard to construct an excellent data structure to describe the angular tolerance charting. These tasks must be dealt with one by one. After the CAATC system becomes more experienced, a more simplified data structure should be constructed. The algebraic method used in determining the working dimensions is very effective. Some of the conditions are required to input directly by the user interactively. Using CAATC as a tool of developing the tolerance charts, the time can be reduced sharply.

Însă, modul de integrare a software-ului CAATC cu pachetele software existente CAD, CAPP sau CAM este o altă problemă care trebuie rezolvată.
However, how to integrate the CAATC software with existing CAD, CAPP, or CAM software packages is another pending problem to be solved.

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