Proteus

Proteus creates a cutter location file suitable for input into a numerical controlled milling machine from any geometrical object represented by a cloud of random x,y,z points. The cloud of points can be obtained from any source and an example would be the OBJ file output from the visualization package Maya™ supplied by Silicon Graphics Corporation.

Proteus differs from traditional packages that require the surface of the model to be able to be reduced to a pure mathematical form. Proteus uses statistical regression techniques on the points cloud to establish the best-fit position of the cutting tool and thus can derive a smooth tool path over the surface of any shaped model.

Download the Manual for Proteus in the downloads section of this website.