Scripted Geometry Processing for Manufacturing

Thomas A. Grandine, The Boeing Corporation

4:00 - 4:40

Manufacturing process planning frequently requires complex geometric computations to be performed. Milling requires tool path generation while composite tape deposition requires calculation of geodesics and geodesic offsets. Frequently, the calculations required are specific to particular combinations of machine tool, part, and tool tip. Moreover, achieving high performance can lead to complex trajectory optimization problems. This talk presents a general framework for organizing these computations so that they can be scripted in very high-level ways.