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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Pravin Khurana, Saginaw, MI (US);
Diane M. Landers, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed is a horizontal structure method of CAD/CAM manufacturing where a base feature is provided and one or more form features added to it to form a model. The form features are added in an associative relationship with the base feature, preferable a parent child relationship, but are added in a way as to have substantially no associative relationships with each other. The result is a horizontally-structured Master Process Model where any one form feature can be altered or deleted without affecting the rest of the model. Extracts are then made of the Master Process Model to show the construction of the model feature by feature over time. These extracts are then used to generate manufacturing instructions that are used to machine a real-world part from a blank shaped like the base feature.