Optimal Isocurves Generator

Raytraced image of the \house on the hill" model. Plate 4 Aluminum milled version of the \house on the hill" model. Plate 1 Raytraced image of the knight model. Plate 2 Aluminum milled version of the knight model. Figure 5: Adaptive isocurves toolpath for the ^ O ooset of the \house on the hill" model. Figure 4: Parallel plane contouring is used to generate 3 axes pockets for rough cutting. (a) (b) (c) Figure 3: Toolpath using isocurves will be not optimal in this complex surface (a). Contouring with equally spaced parallel planes is too sparse in coplanar regions (b). Adaptive isocurves are more optimal, exact, and still correctly spans the entire surface (c). (a) (b) (c) Figure 2: Isocurves are obviously not an optimal solution as a toolpath for this surface (a). Contouring with equally spaced parallel planes is more optimal but is piecewise linear (b). Adaptive isocurves are, in general, more optimal, exact, and compact (c).