On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 08:15 -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, > I have seen this project for over two decades. It WAS the next > 'greatest' answer to part production. This 'answer' was initiated in > the late 1970's. > Iges was going to be the main tool to machine parts directly from > geometry ie (no programmer). ... snip > We have not arrived at the point of removing the programmer. > thanks > Stuart
While going through the Steptools documents I had the impression that the CAD person would design the shape, specify the material, all of the processes, tooling, consumables, fixtures, and everything else including the process of recycling or disposal of the part. All of this would be contained in one big part database, from which all processes would pull their bit. It seems likely that mistakes would be made or changes needed and would be very hard to correct because the data is so interconnected. A correction would be made but other parts of the database could see it as a mistake and correct it back, or trigger whole new mistakes. Kind of sounds like Windows or Xorg. Another concern is that the CNC controller would not only need to deal with a raft of new responsibilities, but also be prepared to deal with all of the new possibilities whether they apply or not, making the required code orders of magnitude more complex. If the major manufacturers, NIST and ISO see this as the next great thing, there must be something to it. I'm not seeing yet, but still keeping an eye on it. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
