Evolution of Computer-Aided Process Planning for Hybrid Additive/Subtractive Process

Table 12

Application of the GA to determine the inspection path for a subpart.

No. of generation	Probe traveling path (mm)		Genetic algorithm sequences	CMM running time (minutes)		CPU time (second)	Fitness graph
	Before GA	After GA		Before GA	After GA
50	1007.3	745.42	5-6-3-2-8-9-1-10-7-4	6 min 32 s	4 min 19 s	131.13
100		674.74	7-4-5-6-3-2-8-9-1-10			262.09
200		617.23	5-6-3-7-10-1-9-8-2-4			521.88
500		617.23	4-2-8-9-1-10-7-3-6-5			863.14
1000		617.23	5-6-3-7-10-1-9-8-2-4			1706.7
2000		617.23	5-6-3-7-10-1-9-8-2-4			3641.7