Frames in FANUC

    I recently encountered a situation where I had to switch between user frames and tool frames while working with a robot. Initially, I set up a user frame for a fixture, but I faced challenges when trying to align the end effector with a specific point on the fixture. As a result, I switched to the tool frame without a clear understanding of the implications.

    Can someone provide insights on how to effectively utilize these frames? Should we switch frames based on the robot's movement, or is it sufficient to stick with one frame throughout the entire code? Thank you for your assistance.

    I feel like you are confusing jogging in various modes with frame definitions.

    It doesn't matter how you get to a point, but it does matter what user and tool frame the point is taught in.

    You use frames to simplify your programming life, or the life of the next guy. Fork truck hits your fixture with 1000 points on it? 3 point touch up of your user frame, and you are back up and running (after some verification). Didn't setup a frame? Have fun reteaching those 1000 points.

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    I would suggest going with one frame as he said if someone hits the fixture, and your location is moved you just teach 3 points are good to go.

    Setting multiple frames will be confusing until and unless you are just running one job on robot.

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