[step-manufacturing] Agenda for Conference Call this Wednesday featuring Machine Tool Model Builder and Volume Removal Simulator

[Martin Hardwick]

All,

We will return to our regular bi-weekly conference call this Wednesday.  
Here is the proposed agenda:

1. KTH Machine Tool Model Builder -  demonstration and discussion

"Using Siemens NX7 we define the kinematic mechanism of a 3-axis machine 
tool and "label" the surfaces for fixture on table and tool in spindle 
using PMI notations. We then export geometry, kinematics and use 
General_feature for the surface labeling according to AP214. From this 
dataset we extract the information needed and create the machine tool 
configuration XML file for ST-Machine and can use it for Boxy machining 
simulation etc. "

See the attachment for an image of one of the tools that they have been 
able to build (there is a small issue with the Fixture placement).

2.  DARPA "Quantities of One" Volume Removal Simulation - demonstration 
and discussion

The STEP Tools SBIR project to build a "National Simulation Service" has 
now been running for almost three months and we can share some 
preliminary results showing volume removal simulation using both a 
Voxel/Octree based approach and a Delaunay triangulation volume removal 
approach.

See attachments for examples of the two types of simulation

Martin

The bi-weekly conference call is this Wednesday February 23 at 4:30PM 
France, 10:30AM Eastern and 7:30AM Western . See below for connection 
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