Create Seam Search Trajectory Dialog Box

The Create Seam Search Trajectory dialog box appears when you select Create Seam Search Trajectory and allows you to create seam search trajectories to establish geometric constraints that assist a robot controller in finding where the weld seam is.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

General

Name
Displays the name of the current search trajectory. The trajectory name can be edited here.
Tool
Displays the current weld gun.

When a tool is selected, the tool is highlighted in the work area and its selected TCP is indicated by an orientation Robot. When the tool selection or TCP changes, the highlight and compass are correspondingly updated.

Tags
When selected, tags are displayed in the work area.
Tool
When selected, causes the tool to track the target.
Clash
When selected, activates clash analysis mode.

Parameters tab

Parameters contains the following options:

Click to delete one or more selected search paths from the table.
Click to move a selected search path up in the list.
Click to move a selected search path down in the list.
Coupled search path start points
When selected, all touch point search paths are updated after the modification of any single path.

If not selected, each touch point is independent of other search path manipulations. When any one path is modified, the modifications are limited to that path only, and will not affect other paths.

Search
Specifies the length of the search.
Pass-through
Specifies the pass-through length of the touch point.
Search Type
Specifies the type of search to perform.