多軸銑床於須加工複雜曲面且高精度之製造產業，如航太、模具產業，皆扮演重要的角色。然而由於價格昂貴，製造廠商使用CAM軟體模擬加工過程的需求亦提高，因此應用虛擬實境技術於多軸虛擬工具機加工模擬系統發展上，已逐漸形成一專門研究領域。
本論文利用關聯式資料庫記錄工具機運動矩陣如各軸之相對位置與運動方向，並採用Broyden數值分析方法求解多軸工具機之運動參數方程式，整合建構流程使得從組裝到加工模擬之位置控制及後處理皆為一般化，不同的工具機構形不須以解析法重新推導後處理。並以虛擬實境技術建構可重組式虛擬工具機提供機台模擬與驗證的功能。
最後以兩種不同構形五軸工具機為例，透過所提出之一般化方法完成建構流程並以Vericut商用軟體驗證本論文的泛用型後處理程式的正確性及運動模擬系統。

Multi-axis machine tool acts an important role in manufacture, such as aerospace and mold industries that need producing surface with high complexity and precision. Due to high cost of multi-axis machine tool, demand for using CAM software to simulate machining process increases, the development of a multi-axis virtual machine tool simulation system by virtual reality technology has gradually formed a special research area.
This paper proposed a relational machine tool database and used Broyden’s numerical analysis method for solving the algorithm of post processor. It integrates the virtual machine tool construction and post processor without computing analytical solution for different configuration machine tool. Virtual environment technology is used for constructing reconfigured virtual machine tool and performing the verification for the post processor.
Two Five-axis virtual machine tools with different configuration were constructed based on the developed methodology in this research. Verification for post processing was carried out by a commercial software Vericut.

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