Systems and methods including an additive component; a subtractive component; and a processor configured to: receive a contact line associated with a support structure from the additive component; receive geometry associated with an orientation from the additive component; receive data associated with a tool from the subtractive component; generate a subtractive tool path based on the received contact line, the received data associated with the tool, and the received geometry; transmit the generated subtractive tool path to the analysis component for processing tool path validation; and validate, by the analysis component, the tool path based on output from a simulation component to determine whether removal of the support structure from a part is successfully computed by the subtractive component.

A method for generating tool paths across a surface of a computer aided design (CAD) model having a complex shape. The method includes defining at least one reference point on the surface of the CAD model, generating a plurality of substantially equi-spaced reference points across the surface of the CAD model; connecting each of the reference points together with straight lines such that a first tool path is formed by a culmination of the straight lines; generating a second tool path across the surface of the CAD model; and, generating a plurality of intermediate tool paths that extend linearly between the first tool path and second tool path across the surface of a CAD model.