RobotStudio™ 6.03 Zone Visualization

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RobotStudio™ 6.03 Zone Visualization

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1 Zone Visualization 4

1.1 Prepare the station 4 1.2 Zone Visualization 6

Zone Visualization

1 Zone Visualization

Overview

In this module we will learn how to visualize zone data and automatically reduce them to optimized values

Unpack

1 Unpack the file RobotStudio\Courseware\Stations\Spot Welding station.rspag to a new folder…

\Courseware\Solutions\Module_13\myZoneDataVisualization_Solution.

1.1 Prepare the station

Overview

Before we look at zones we will finalize the robot program in the station

Set Simulation Entry Point

1 In the Path&Targets browser right click on the main path and select Set as simulation entry point.

This means that the program will start from this procedure when Simulation Play is pressed This entry

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Add Procedure Calls

1 In the Path&Targets browser right click on the main path and select Insert Procedure Call >

WeldPath_1 This will add a procedure call from the main procedure to the procedure WeldPath_1 in

the RAPID code after synchronzation

2 Continue and add procedure calls to WeldPath_2, WeldPath_3 and TipDress.

3 Synchronize all paths to RAPID

4 Run the simulation and verify that the robot moves through the three welding paths and the tip dresser path

Zone Visualization

1.2 Zone Visualization

Overview

In this section we will learn how to visualize zone data, and how to automatically recalculate zone data in a path to its optimized values

View Zone data

1 Zoom in to WeldPath_1 so you can see all the targets in the path.

2 Right click on WeldPath_1 and select View>Show Programmed Zones.

Now a sphere will be visible at each target that displays the programmed zone

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3 Right click on WeldPath_1 again and select View>Show Actual Zones.

Now the zones that the controller will actually go to during program execution will be displayed If two zones intersect each other, the robot controller will automatically reduce the zones during execution

4 Do the same for the rest of the paths in the station

Recalculate Zone data

1 Zoom in to WeldPath_1 so you can see all targets in the path.

2 Right click on WeldPath_1 and select Path>Reduce zones.

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3 Now the zone data for each target in the path will be reduced, so intersections between zones will be avoided Only default zone data in the controller will be used

In the Output window information will be displayed about how many zones have been reduced.

4 Reduce the zone data for the rest of the paths in the station

5 Synchronize all paths in the station and run the simulation

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