Blue Technik RobotWorks Tutorial

Blue Technik RobotWorks Tutorial F02 Using an imported tool in your application GIVEN: • An arbitrary robot End Of Arm Tooling CAD model to be used in a RobotWorks session. • The EOAT has been exported from a non-SolidWorks application, then imported into SolidWorks. • For example, a tool model has been exported from Unigraphics to a parasolid format. Then the parasolid models were imported into SolidWorks format. PROBLEM: • It is desired to use this imported tool with RobotWorks to do a robot path application. How to do this? SOLUTION: RobotWorks can use any imported Robot End Of Arm Tooling CAD model. But the EOAT CAD model requires very specific features to be attached to the robot tool model. Otherwise, it will not work properly with RobotWorks. These features are added in SolidWorks to the existing robot tool model. These features consist of a few sketches, axes, and coordinate systems. Once you have these features added, then your tool model will work perfectly with RobotWorks. If not done already, then import all of the individual robot tool component files into SolidWorks format. Verify that the individual tool components are properly mated together. 2507 Watonga Drive, Suite B • Commerce Twp, MI 48382 • 248-346-4945 • www.bluetechnik.com Assumption: the tool center point is NOT located at the model file origin point. This is the general case. It is rare that the ...