AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING

TOOL

Prepared by:
•Mehul Chauhan
•Anis Dandiwala
 Introduction:
 Automatic programming tool(APT) is the most
powerful, comprehensive and universal geometric
processor language.
 NC languages are broadly divided into three groups:

 Machine tool oriented

 APT like

 Special Types
 Introduction:
 Machine tool Oriented system
 These are generally developed by the machine tool
manufactures for generating NC tapes to be used for
their machine tool.
 These systems are normally single pass tape preparation
system with no post processors.
 The examples of such languages are SPLIT (Standard
Processing Languages Internally Translated), which is
used for standard machine tool.
Introduction:
 APT Like systems:
 Since APT is the most powerful, comprehensive and universal
geometric processor language used all over the world by a
large number of companies.
 The basic advantages of the APT system is the versatility with
which even complicated geometrical configurations of
workpieces can be described.
 Often, this versatility of the system becomes a great
disadvantage particularly to be used for a class of components
of for a particular type of machine tool.
 To alleviate these disadvantages, the other system have been
developed such as NELAPT,UNIAPT, EXAPT,IFAPT,
ADAPT,etc.
Introduction:
 In the following, some features of these languages which
are different from APT are discussed.
 NELAPT:
 NELAPT developed by the National Engineering
Laboratory, UK is a subset of APT with a few advanced
features not available in APT.
 Vocabulary of NELAPT is same as APT.

C for CIRCLE
V for VECTOR
GB for GOBACK
YS for YSMALL
Introduction:
 The storage requirements for the complete NELAPT
system is 40 k words (24 bites length)

 EXAPT:
 The most important development of APT is probably
EXAPT (Extended subset of APT).
 One of the basic specifications for the EXAPT system
was that the language is to be both geometrically and
technologically oriented and task for the machine tool is
simplified.
Introduction:
 Further ,three versions of EXAPT are available:
 EXAPT-1: For positioning machines, such as
drilling.
 EXAPT-2: For turning centers.

 EXAPT-3: For milling operations for straight

line and continuous path control system.
Introduction:
 Special Types:
 All the other tape preparation language that will not fall
into the above two categories are grouped into this.
There is a large variety in this category such as
GNC,ELAN, GTL, TAPEPREP, NUFORM, QUICK-
PATH,GENESIS, VNC,GETURN, COMPACT-
2,TOOLPATH, etc.
Introduction:
 GNC:
 It is Graphical Numerical Control. It was developed to
provide an easy to use interactive tape preparation
system.
 This system has been implemented on a large number of
computer systems.
 The system consists of following modules from among
which the user can make out a system that is suited for
his purpose.
Introduction:
 Geometry definition module (k curves)
 Turned parts definition module

 Macro facility

 Machining definition module

 Lathe module

 Milling,drilling,flame cutting module

 Plotting module

 Post processors
Introduction:
 The complete APT programming consist of the
following four types of statement :
 Geometry

 Motion

 Post Processor

 Compilation Control
APT GEOMETRY:
 The point geometry is normally broken into a number of
surface elements that could be defined from the data
given in a part print.
 In this section, we would discussed the geometrical
definition which are more generally used.
 With these geometrical definitions ,it is possible to
define most of the parts except for the very complex
ones.
 Before we discussed the geometric definition it is
pertinent to explain some convention that are followed
in presenting the information in the definitions.
APT GEOMETRY:
 For each of the definitions the general form is presented
in which the following rules are observed:
I. The symbol in lower case letters underlined represents
the surface type specified,
II. A symbol in lower case letter without underline
represent a scalar,
III. The word shown in the upper case letters are the
MINOR keywords,And
IV. All possible modifier are presented one below the
other enclosed by an opening brace from among
which only one appropriate for the definition is to be
selected.
APT GEOMETRY:
 In the figures ,the defined geometry elements are shown
as solid lines and all other possible geometric elements
as shown in Broken lines.
 Any geometrical element may be definable from more
than one definition, in which case a part programmer
should choose the one which simple and involves least
amount of computation.
APT GEOMETRY:
 Nesting:
 The geometrical definition or arithmetical computations can be
nested wherever necessary .The nested definition is a definition
enclosed in parentheses and then inserted in another statement, e.g.
PL2=PLANE/P1 ,P2, P3
 Similarly, arithmetic computation in necessary during the geometric
definitions or in any other statements can also be nested.e.g.
P2=POINT/(25-12*COS(35)0,(12-6*SIN(35)).
 Too much of nesting in a single statement would make it
unnecessarily long and is likely to be error prone and as such it is
not advisable to indulge in unnecessary nesting.
APT GEOMETRY:
 ZSURF:
 ZSURF specifies a plane which is to be used to provide a
Z value for every subsequent point definition in which
no Z value has been specified.
 ZSURF may be redefined within a part program, where
ZSURF is not sepcified,all point definitions which have
no Z value specified are given a Z value equal to zero.
APT GEOMETRY:
 GEOMETIC COMMANDS:
o POINT
o LINE
o CIRCLE
o PLANE
o VECTOR
o PATTERN
o SPHERE
o GCONIC
o TABCYL
APT GEOMETRY:
 LINES:

Syntax : <Symbol>=LINE/<parameter string>.

 Lines do not have a direction and are of infinite length.
Lines must not be perpendicular to the XY plane. Lines
are planes perpendicular to the XY plane.
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 CIRCLES:
Syntax: <Symbol>=CIRCLE/<parameter string>
 A circle is always considered as a circular cylinder
perpendicular to the XY plane of infinite height.The
radius value must not be negative.
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