WOP-Werkstückmodell als universelle CAD/NC-Schnittstelle.

In view of interface problems between CAD systems and NC programming systems it is impossible at present to make use of all production-relevant data from a CAD system for NC programming. A standardised interface for transmitting the NC-relevant workpiece data to be edited from CAD data is not available so far. The article describes how the WOP workpiece model and the pertinent description format can be used as a uniform interface between CAD and WOP systems.