VIRTUAL MACHINE TOOL FOR REPRESENTING OPERATIONS OF MACHINING UNITS OF A REAL MACHINE TOOL
The invention relates to a virtual machine tool for representing operations of machining units of the machine tool, especially operations during machining of a workpiece according to a CNC machining program package, using at least one first visualization unit, in the form of operations of virtual machining units. Said virtual machine tool comprises an operation control which has at least one first data processing unit that determines control commands for operations of the virtual machining units, using a control program processing CNC sets of the CNC machining program package, a visualization control comprising at least one second data processing unit that represents operations of the virtual machining units on the first visualization unit, using a visualization program and geometric configuration data of a stored machine model and the control commands determined by the operation control, and an operator control comprising a third data processing unit that operates the operation control, using an operator control program. The aim of the invention is to improve the virtual machine tool in such manner that the simulation of the machining of a virtual workpiece comes as close as possible to reality. The virtual machine tool according to the invention comprises a tool modeling system which allows the generation of tool configuration data for at least one virtual tool, using tool data and a tool model, and the supply thereof to the visualization program.