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Unit complex for tool branch

Unit complex for workpiece branch

Figure 4-33 Some structural configurations of MC generated from unit complexes.

Assignment machining
Determination: space to initial vertex
number of structural
modules in main and
subflows of force
Determination:
Shape and dimension
of terminal vertex
Initial structural modeling
using cubic element
Calculation: Assignment of terminal
coordinates
of terminal vertex vertex to initial vertex
Determination:
adjacent face of Generation:
structural modules terminal vertex

Is terminal vertex identical with No
terminal structural module?
Yes
Figure 4-34 Generating procedure for a pair of structural modules.