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Class FreeFluting

Namespace
Hi.Milling.FluteContours
Assembly
HiMech.dll

A milling cutter's fluting in which every flute is defined individually — each flute carries its own contour, so spacing, helix and rake need not repeat. Use UniformFluting when one baseline contour repeated evenly around the cutter is enough.

public class FreeFluting : IFluting, IMakeXmlSource, IExpandToBox3d, IUpdateByContent, IClearCache, IGetFluteNum
Inheritance
FreeFluting
Implements
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Remarks

This class provides a flexible way to manage multiple flute contours:

  • Supports XML serialization for data persistence
  • Allows arbitrary arrangement of flute contours
  • Implements IFluting for standard fluting functionality

Constructors

FreeFluting()

Initializes a new instance of the FreeFluting class

public FreeFluting()

FreeFluting(XElement, string, IProgress<IMessage>, object[])

Initializes a new instance of the FreeFluting class from XML data

public FreeFluting(XElement src, string baseDirectory, IProgress<IMessage> progress, object[] res)

Parameters

src XElement

The source XML element containing the fluting data

baseDirectory string

The base directory for resolving relative paths

progress IProgress<IMessage>

Progress reporter for diagnostic messages emitted during construction.

res object[]

Additional resources for initialization

Properties

ContourList

Gets or sets the list of flute contours in this fluting

public List<FluteContour> ContourList { get; set; }

Property Value

List<FluteContour>

XName

Gets the XML name for serialization

public static string XName { get; }

Property Value

string

XmlSourceFile 

public string XmlSourceFile { get; set; }

Property Value

string

Methods

ClearCache()

Clears any cached data held by the implementing object.

public void ClearCache()

Duplicate(IGetZrList)

Creates a duplicate of this fluting

public IFluting Duplicate(IGetZrList zrListHost)

Parameters

zrListHost IGetZrList

The host containing Z-R list information

Returns

IFluting

A new instance of FreeFluting with the same properties

ExpandToBox3d(Box3d)

Expands the destination box. This function is usually used to compute the bounding box of elements.

public void ExpandToBox3d(Box3d dst)

Parameters

dst Box3d

Destination box

GetFluteContourList()

Gets the list of flute contours that make up this fluting.

public List<FluteContour> GetFluteContourList()

Returns

List<FluteContour>

A list of flute contours.

GetFluteNum()

Gets the number of flutes.

public int GetFluteNum()

Returns

int

MakeXmlSource(string, string, bool)

Creates an XML representation of the object. This method may also generate additional resources such as related files.

public XElement MakeXmlSource(string baseDirectory, string relFile, bool exhibitionOnly)

Parameters

baseDirectory string

The base directory for resolving relative paths

relFile string

The relative file path for the XML source

exhibitionOnly bool

if true, the extended file creation is suppressed.

Returns

XElement

An XML element representing the object's state

Remarks

For the demand of easy moving source folder (especially project folder) without configuration file path corruption, the relative file path is applied. The baseDirectory is typically the folder at the nearest configuration file folder. Since the folder can be moving with the configuration file.

Reg(XFactory)

Registers this type's deserializer with the given XFactory (or Default when factory is null). Idempotent.

public static void Reg(XFactory factory = null)

Parameters

factory XFactory

UpdateByContent()

Updates the object based on its current content.

public void UpdateByContent()