Routing along a Surface

Route Along Surface lets you create a route along a surface, along the robot base, or along the intersection of two routes, depending on the selected options.

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Routing along Robot Base

Routing along the robot base lets you position the X0Y plane of the robot in the plane of your choice and route on this plane.

  1. In the Route Along Surface panel, select Along Robot Base .
    Two perpendicular white lines, corresponding to the mouse location, appear to indicate the location of the point on the plane.
  2. Position the X0Y plane of the Robot in the plane of your choice.
  3. Click the plane to create the node.
  4. Click other locations on the plane to continue the route.

Standard Routing along a Surface

  1. In the Route Along Surface panel, select Along the Surface as Surface Mode and Standard Routing as Routing Mode.
  2. Select the surface on which you want to route.
  3. Click the surface to start routing on it.
  4. Click other locations on the surface to continue the route.

Routing along the Intersection of Surfaces

  1. In the Route Along Surface panel, select Along the Surface and Intersection Routing .
    Three planes appear on the active node. The green plane is the active plane.
  2. Click the plane to change the active plane.
  3. In the 3D area, select the surface of your choice.
  4. Select the Snap Mode option of your choice.
  5. Click the blue line to create the route nodes.