Parallel Generation of NC Tool Paths for Subdivision Surfaces
- Topics:
- Mechanical and Industrial
- Tags:
- Hardware,
- Network Computer,
- Productivity,
- Thin Clients,
- Tool
- Source:
- International Journal of CAD/CAM
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Overview: The subdivision surface is the limit of recursively refined polyhedral mesh. It is quite intuitive that the multi-resolution feature can be utilized to simplify generation of NC (Numerical Control) tool paths for rough machining. In this paper, a new method of parallel NC tool path generation for subdivision surfaces is presented. The basic idea of the method includes two steps: first, extending G-Buffer to a strip buffer (called S-Buffer) by dividing the working area into strips to generate NC tool paths for objects of large size; second, generating NC tool paths by parallel implementation of S-Buffer based on MPI (Message Passing Interface).
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Format: PDF | Size: 267KB | Date: Oct 2004 | Pages: 9





