Hi,
Please follow these steps to create and add a tool to the robot.
1- Open the 3D View, under the Home ribbon select Show 3D view
2- Add the CAD file, under the 3D ribbon, insert CAD
3- Wait to load and then select the CAD component, by default when selected the component colour change to green
4- On the 3D ribbon, click on Create, and then select Tool.
4.1 - There are other options, suction cup and gripper if you want to grasp other CAD components.
5- Once it is created as a tool, when selected, in properties you have more options to configure the Tool. But the Handler and TCP are configured on the Edit Component.
6- Select the CAD component and under the 3D ribbon, click edit component.
7- It opens a new window, there expand the behaviours on the tree view, frameContainer, and then select either the Handle or the TCP.
8- Move the Handle to where you want the tool to be attached to the robot, and move the TCP to where you want to be the TCP of the tool.
9- Once happy with it, save the tool and then close the window.
10- To attach the tool to the robot, select the magnet mode under the 3D ribbon.
11- Now grab the tool and move it to the robot flange, once nearby, a magnet will be displayed at the robot flange indicating is ready to be attached.
12- After releasing it, it should now be attached to the robot.
Test it, any issues I will help you out.
Hello,
Could you please explain the steps for picking a part with the tool as well? I have a suction cup tool, and I have followed the steps mentioned here to attach it to my robot's flange in my 3D view. Additionally, I have added a part that the tool is supposed to pick up and place on a pallet. I have written a simple pick-and-place VAL3 code so the robot moves towards the part and becomes close enough to pick it up, but it does not do so and instead just moves to the placement position. I am using SRS version 2022.5.0. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
