Describe the Problem
I need to design a program that will allow the expert system to open and read a model containing the geometry of a part that I want to analyze and then to generate the commands for the numerically controlled (NC) machine to build the piece of sheet metal.
I am only concerned about sheet metal parts in this example. However, the CAD/CAM system can handle many other kinds of parts.
At a high level, I want the system to perform the following steps:
- Analyze pieces of sheet metal.
- See how they should be made, based on the features they contain.
- Generate a set of instructions that are readable by manufacturing equipment. This set of instructions is called an NC set or a numerical control set.
- Give these instructions to manufacturing ...
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