In this video we take a look at the ArcWelding Ribbon elements and browser tree.
Process Markup identifies the weld regions, before welds are created by selecting edges or curves.
Click Process Markup, to open the Create Process Markup window.
In this window we can create welds by selecting the different weld shapes from the Shape list.
The welds or markups created are added to the Active Markup group.
You can select the base plate direction
and add start or end offset values for the created markup.
Programs helps to create different path, setup and service procedures for the selected markup.
Click Programs, to open Programs window.
You can select procedure type from the Procedure Type list.
You can add empty path procedures by clicking ADD.
Properties helps to edit Instruction, target, Workpiece and Markup Group Propertie
Click Properties. to open Properties window.
Select Workpiece or Markup Group from Components browser tree, to view their properties.
Select instruction in Instruction tab from Programming browser tree, to view their properties.
Select target in Target tab from Programming browser tree, to view their properties.
Move To helps to verify the motion of the robot before running the simulation.
Select process section or instructions or path procedure and click Move to.
Robot moves from previous target to the current target position.
Select the path procedure from the list and click Sync and Play.
Sync And Play synchronizes the selected path to RAPID and runs the simulation.
Click Motion Analyzer.
Motion analyzer captures the real Robot motion.
The Real Controller motion can be controlled and status of the RC is displayed.
The motion and events on real robot can be captured.
Virtual Reality function provides user to work in virtual reality environment.
It supports all ArcWelding application functionalities.
Click Show All, to show all available labels for the markups in the Graphical window.
Click Clear All, to clear all the label displayed in Graphical window.
Click Show Markup, to show the labels for the selected markup.
In Components browser, the workpiece with corresponding markups list
and process templates for the active task is displayed.
In Programming browser, the Targets and Instructions are listed in tree structure.
Process Path or Air or Search Instructions can be added to a path procedure
by setting the procedure as Active from the context menu.
The active procedure is visible in graphical window. All other procedures shall be set to invisible.
This is a brief description on Ribbon elements and Browser tree
more details will be described in upcoming videos.