Using a Partially Computed Track

You can choose to interrupt the Find Track command and keep a partially computed Track.

Computation of a collision-free Track may fail due to obstacles. In that case, stopping computation and displaying the partially computed Track enables you to understand why. You can then choose to keep the partially computed Track, or to resume the computation with different input parameters.

Before you begin:
  • Open a session with a Track on a product in a simulation context.
  • Select the Visual feedback during computation option in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation > Manufacturing Process Documentation > Assembly Path Optimization > Path Finder.
  • Choose the All mode. For more information, see Path Finder.
  1. Select a Track, then click Path Planning from the Simulation section of the action bar.
  2. To start computation, click Find Track from the context toolbar.
    Visual feedback appears, indicating that the solver is searching for a collision-free path.
  3. From the context toolbar, click Show currently computed Track .
    The partially computed Track appears in green:
    • If you have selected a transient T-Point (red dot), from the start point to the selected input.
    • If you have moved the Robot position, from the start point to the closest computed point from user-defined position.
    • If you have not selected any input, from the start point to the current moving object position.
  4. Optional: To modify the partially computed Track, select a different input, then click Show currently computed Track again.
    The partially computed Track displayed in green is updated.
  5. To end the computation, click OK in the toolbar.

    The last displayed partially computed Track is kept and used to update the Track.

    Important: Alternatively, you can choose to resume the computation by clicking Exit. In that case, the partially computed Track is discarded, the Track is not updated, and the computation restarts.