Redefining of Shop Floor Documentation for the Purposes of NC Machining in the NX System

In the present day, we are encountered with ever-evolving new approaches to the issue of a comprehensive product lifecycle assurance. The product remains on the market over period of time that is constantly reduced, the period of moral obsolescence is much shorter than in the past, which forces manufacturers to reach out to automation of individual product creation processes. This is where computer-aided CAx systems are introduced to tackle the main task. Automation of production activities has allowed us to create a comprehensive product life cycle with CAx systems, and this includes the automated creation of NC programs. It is especially in the field of small-scale component production, with the designer and the technologist often being one and the same person, where the use of the CAx systems poses the question of the right design of technological procedures. In some cases, creation of complete technological procedures is not necessary. It is in these cases where shop floor documentation is coming to the foreground, to be gradually implemented into almost all complex CAx systems.