Offline programming (OLP) is the authoring method to generate controller programs for a manufacturing process and using different kinds of manufacturing technologies. Starting from a layout, the workpiece includes the generic geometrical information, called process geometry, from which the manufacturing toolpath is generated. Based upon the applied technology, the toolpath steps individually can be optimized using automatic and manual manipulation and interpolation algorithms. Enriching the toolpath with (technology specific) technical events and signal handling generates the final program for simulation and analysis.
After simulation and verification, a set of downloaders and uploaders is available to transform the internal data to the machine specific output.
Technology packages are available for dedicated point, curve and surface based manufacturing processes.
This chapter shows in more detail the capabilities of offline programming with FASTSUITE Edition 2.
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