Hi,
I am working on a project which involves cutting a mould (mold)using a 6 axis robotic arm with a router (cutting tool)attached to the end of it.
I have a cad model of what i want to cut, and from that, i need to extract some coordinates of some points on the surface of the model to input into the robot controller.
Is there a way, in Pro/E, to take coordinates of several points on a surface of the model?
I was thinking of making many cross sectional slices of the model, and for each slice, getting a series of points that are on the surface.
(It is a fairly large model and i am hoping that this process would be largely automated.)
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Kelvin.
I am working on a project which involves cutting a mould (mold)using a 6 axis robotic arm with a router (cutting tool)attached to the end of it.
I have a cad model of what i want to cut, and from that, i need to extract some coordinates of some points on the surface of the model to input into the robot controller.
Is there a way, in Pro/E, to take coordinates of several points on a surface of the model?
I was thinking of making many cross sectional slices of the model, and for each slice, getting a series of points that are on the surface.
(It is a fairly large model and i am hoping that this process would be largely automated.)
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Kelvin.