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NC Graphics (Cambridge) Ltd is a software house that has been developing CADCAM systems for over twelve years. TDM 3000 is a manufacturing system developed for programming multi-axis CNC machine tools. This paper will concentrate on one aspect of this work, namely how users who have received geometry written to a neutral format are able read the data into TDM 3000. The various stages from the designer outputting the data in a neutral format through to the production of suitable cutter location data will be considered. Attention will be paid to the problems that CAD/CAM data exchange has created and the solutions that the authors have implemented.
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National Bureau OF Standards Initial Graphical Exchange Specification(IGES) U.S. Department OF Commerck
VDA/VDMA vda surface Interface VDA WORKING GROUP CAD/CAM
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© 1990 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
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Argyle, E., Parkinson, A. (1990). Using TDM 3000 to Machine Sculptured Surfaces Designed with Other CADCAM Systems. In: Davies, B.J. (eds) Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth International. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10890-9_38
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