Dear colleagues,
Trying to tackle the problem of path planning and G-code modification/generation in metal additive manufacturing, I would be grateful to hear about your experience in this field. The path planner methods and their pros and cons, how to generate a link between path planner and G-code modifier, the capabilities of such method in online programming, and so on...
It would be great to get to know where can I start to make everything optimal.
Hi Reza,
We at IIT Guwahati use a CAM package, "PowerMill," along with our algorithms to generate the G-codes for different AM systems (CNC - WAAM, Robotic - WAAM, and FDM). Soon we shall try to use the same platform for powder-bed fusion also.
As Sajan Kapil sir discussed, you can go for software tool which will make your process a bit easy. However, you can also try use the medial axis theorem (MAT) and calculate the G-codes (if the parts are very simple). Otherwise, slicing and path generation softwares are only option.
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