The number of target points which compose each machining path has to be calculated to respect cycle time, machining tolerances and communication limits given by the robot controller, so several iterative tests are needed to find a good compromise.
For the definition of part-dependent hardware apparatus and software code OLP software functions
were exploited to reproduce the same nested architecture of the real workcell in the 3D CAD system.
Furthermore, thanks to the software capability in associating the OLP and 3D CAD environments, 3D models are kept updated, so alternative machining configurations can be tested, in order to evaluate different tools, strategies or even to verify the process in different tool wear conditions.