The invention relates to a
virtual machine tool for representing operations of
machining units of the
machine tool, especially operations during
machining of a workpiece according to a CNC
machining program
package, using at least one first
visualization unit, in the form of operations of
virtual machining units. Said
virtual machine tool comprises an operation control which has at least one first
data processing unit that determines control commands for operations of the
virtual machining units, using a control program
processing CNC sets of the CNC machining program
package, a visualizationcontrol comprising at least one second
data processing unit that represents operations of the
virtual machining units on the first
visualization unit, using a
visualization program and
geometric configuration data of a stored
machine model and the control commands determined by the operation control, and an operator control comprising a third
data processing unit that operates the operation control, using an operator control program. The aim of the invention is to improve the
virtual machine tool in such manner that the
simulation of the machining of a virtual workpiece comes as close as possible to reality. The
virtual machine tool according to the invention comprises a tool modeling
system which allows the generation of tool configuration data for at least one virtual tool, using tool data and a tool model, and the supply thereof to the visualization program.