About Robot Manipulations in Assembly Experience

The Robot manipulation handles are used in Assembly Experience for track creation.

Depending on the selected Robot manipulation handle, the selected object can move in a translation direction, a planar direction or according to a rotation.

The translation manipulation handle is as follows:

The selected part is highlighted in green. The Robot manipulation handle in the extraction direction is active.

The planar manipulation handle is as follows:

You select the planar Robot manipulation handle to switch to planar motion.

The rotation manipulation handle is as follows:

You select the rotation Robot manipulation handle to switch to rotation mode. By default, the rotation is centered round the picked point of selected object.

You can create one or more trajectory points in a track.

A trajectory point is created when:

• You select a new Robot manipulation handle
• You double-click a part surface to change extraction direction
• You end track editing.

When you move the part according to a direction, release the left mouse button, and continue manipulation in the same direction. There is no point trajectory added when you release the left mouse button.

You can use the Robot manipulation handles for creating tracks.

You can create a track by:

• Moving the selected part according to the active direction (there is no need to select the Robot manipulation handle because of extraction direction is already specified) for translation and planar motions.
• Moving one of the Robot manipulation handles (translation/planar/rotation). In this case, the part moves according to the manipulation handle direction.

When the selected part is moving, only the active manipulation handle and the corresponding manipulation handle ruler appear.