So i have an above all backup on my robot and imported it to the roboguide software. I have the robot w/ frames, programs and tcp loaded, but do not have the tooling, cradles, and positioners. I do have cad files for these, but not sure how to place them within the virtual cell. Can anyone give me some help with this or point me to a tutorial for this?
Roboguide: Build cell tutorial?
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ORDEP81 -
May 24, 2018 at 4:35 PM -
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In youtube you can find some tutorials about how loading Iges files and CAD.
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I could load iges and cad files no problem. What im wondering is I guess is how to actually build/assemble the cell at this point. Do I just go out and measure the height and distances of the robot base, positioners, cradle, work tables, etc etc? How accurate does all this have to be?
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If you have the cad files all together in an assembly in your cad program then they will come in correctly relative to each other. If not then you will have to drag or direct enter their location based of your physical measurements. As far as accuracy, that is what user frames are for, so the exact placement doesn't have to be perfectly accurate in the virtual world. But still I would try to get each object to the nearest inch so that you don't have a potential reach issue. If you wanted to make them perfect then you could use your User Frames to position each object by moving the robot to the origin points then moving the objects into place.
If you don't have a user frame for an object then you may choose to use the actual robot to pin-point its location.
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For really accurate placement, Roboguide has a calibration feature for objects/fixtures. With it, you teach a set of points on the cad in roboguide, export the program, teach the same points on the real robot, and then reimport. Roboguide then moves the fixture (or the robot, depending on choice) to match what was taught. One go around gets you within a couple of mm, and a couple of go arounds gets you within a mm typically.