Mods: Browser-Based Rapid Prototyping WorkflowComposition (2018)
article⁄Mods: Browser-Based Rapid Prototyping WorkflowComposition (2018)
abstract⁄Software is shared through files and libraries, but workflows are not. To be able to share workflows for rapid automation, we developed an extensible environment for running CAD, CAM, and machine control. We present Mods, a browserbased environment for data handling, toolpath planning, and machine execution. Users compose modules either existing modules or new modules they contribute into workflows for machine automation sequences in a dataflow environment. The modules themselves run client side, implementing the functions used by the modules such as toolpath planning algorithms or image analysis in JavaScript, which runs in the browser. The physical machines are connected to a JavaScript server, which listens to commands from the client over a WebSocket connection. Together, these software modules make up an extensible and simpletouse alternative to traditional CADCAM machine control environments.
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| Year |
2018 |
| Authors |
Peek, Nadya; Gershenfeld, Neil. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. |
| Pages |
66-71 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
mods-browser-based-rapid-prototyping-workflowcomposition |
