• Management of cutting parameters in a database (material and thickness function), taking into account the real cutting thickness (cutting not normal to the surface, excessive thickness) • Modification of the head orientation and cutting parameters for each point of the programme • Automatic searching algorithm for trajectories avoiding collisions• Collision detection on the complete model of the installation (part, tooling and machine)• Automatic check of the whole programme with visualisation of potential anomalies in the "tree view" (speed, collisions, accessibility, job tolerances)• Realistic simulation of the programme, taking into account the machine features (speed, acceleration, specific points) and cycle-time calculation • Management of a safety distance around objects (part, cutting head, machine…) to be taken into account in the trajectories, between the cutting contours • Taking into account of the cutting beam with detection when going out of the operating zone (water-jet)• Part positioning by reading the co-ordinates of several points on the real installation. • Post-processors available for any machines and robots trademark Programme creation and simulation

Main technical features

Working environment • Windows® 32 bit-native software• Integrated Visual Basic® programming language for the development of macros • Display of the cell objects, cutting contours and programme in the "tree view"• Control panel displaying the movement of axis and visual displays for the limit values (accessibility, collision, speed, job) • Function of multiple selection directly in the "tree view"• "Isology" function: direct transposition of an object attributes to one or several other objects • User-friendly handling of objects in space thanks to the "manipulation sphere" graphic tool 3D-CAD import of parts and tooling modeling • Standard import in IGES and STEP formats.• Import of native 3D models in option (Catia® v4/v5, Inventor®, ProEngineer®, SAT/ACIS®)• 3D recovery of modeled tubes in the act/ tubes module• Automatic modeling of tooling based on the 3D model of the part in the • Complete modeling of the machine and its environment (work implemented by Alma if the machine is not in the library)• No limitation of the number of machine or robot axis • Taking into account of the machine kinematics (speed, acceleration, specific points)• Visualisation of the cell objects in the "tree view": head, gantry, part, ground...• Definition of the machine frame act/ tools module Cell modeling and representation Creation of cutting contours and trajectories • Recognition of cutting contours• Definition of lead-in/lead-out types and values (line, arc of circle, segment)• Contour-offset function (positive or negative).• Definition of the head orientation for bevelled cutting or automatic recognition of bevel angles if they are represented in the CAD model • Possibility of defining "technological" tolerances for the head orientation to optimise the trajectory calculation• Manual sequencing of the contours to be cut or automatic calculation that minimises cycle times, taking into account the moves of all axis Main machines and robots driven • 5-axis machines: Balliu, Flow, Mazak, Nippei-Toyama, Prima, Ridder, Trumpf, Tube Tech Machinery, Waterjet...• Robots: ABB, IGM, Motoman, Kawasaki, Kuka, Panasonic, Reis, Staubli... • Pentium IV processor/1 Ghz• 512 Mb RAM• 3D graphic card with OpenGL driver• Windows® XP Professional Hardware configuration required
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3D cutting