The disclosure relates to a method for programming a program-controlled coating installation with a coating robot and an application device for coating components, in particular for programming a painting installation with a painting robot for painting motor vehicle body components, with the following steps (S1-S3): a) Presetting or determining geometry data of the component to be coated (S1), b) presetting of robot path data of the robot path to be traversed (S2), and c) determination of suitable spray pattern data (S3) which represent a layer thickness profile and are determined by a simulation which takes into account the robot path data and the geometry data of the component to be coated.

Furthermore, the disclosure comprises an appropriately adapted coating installation.

Described herein is a system and method of manufacturing an insulated member (500). The method includes the steps of: providing, to a computing cloud (310), geometric data of at least a section of a raw part (501) having at least one application section to be applied with an insulation material (502), determining, using the computing cloud (310), a movement data for a relative movement between an manufacturing-site applicator (410), determining, using the computing cloud (310), an amount of the insulation material (502) for applying onto the application section, generating, using the computing cloud (310), a control data set at least comprising the movement data and the amount of insulation material (502), and providing the control data set to a manufacturing site control computer (420) site (400) that is remote to the computing cloud (310) and/or a planning site where the geometric data is generated.

A method of applying a coating to at least a portion of a surface of a structure using reusable master path rules. The surface of the structure is identified to form surface data. A framework for the surface of the structure is generated using the surface data. The framework comprises a plurality of points. Reusable master path rules are created for a master path connecting the plurality of points. The master path is a continuous line representing a universal route for applying coatings to the surface. The coating is applied to the at least a portion of the surface of the structure using the reusable master path rules.

A method of applying a coating to at least a portion of a surface of a structure using reusable master path rules. The surface of the structure is identified to form surface data. A framework for the surface of the structure is generated using the surface data. The framework comprises a plurality of points. Reusable master path rules are created for a master path connecting the plurality of points. The master path is a continuous line representing a universal route for applying coatings to the surface. The coating is applied to the at least a portion of the surface of the structure using the reusable master path rules.