Generating 2D Sections

From the Analysis Commands section of the action bar, click Generate Sections

.

The Generate 2D Section dialog box appears.

In the Selected Tool section, click Pick Tool

to select a tool in the work area if a Tool is not already selected.

The dialog box is populated with the selected tool, its defined home positions, and the robot that it is mounted on.

Choose the fasteners to be analyzed by selecting any of the following:

Existing spot welds.
A compound spot trajectory.
A general operation.

The Selected Fasteners/Spot Targets list is populated as you make selections.

If you select a General operation, the child Point Fastening operations aggregate the spot weld trajectories. The manufacturing welds of the spot trajectories are added to the Selected Welds list. In addition, spot weld trajectories are created for any child Point Fastening operations that do not aggregate a spot weld trajectory.
If a Point Fastening operation is selected that already contains a spot trajectory, the manufacturing welds of the spot weld trajectory are selected and added to the Selected Welds list. If the Point Fastening operation does not aggregate a spot trajectory, a new Spot weld trajectory is created.
If fasteners are selected, use Pick Device to select the weld gun. In this scenario, the name of the spot weld trajectory remains empty, while the selected fasteners and weld gun are displayed in the dialog box. If the weld gun is mounted to a robot, the robot information is also displayed.
When a spot weld trajectory is selected that has a weldgun assigned, its name is displayed in the dialog box. If the weld gun is mounted on a robot, the robot is also displayed.

Note: You can remove welds by selecting them in the list and clicking Remove. Using Remove to remove a weld from the list does not remove the weld from the spot weld trajectory.

Click Section Settings

to define section generation options.

The Section Options dialog box appears.

Clash Detection activates collision during section generation.

Volume Cut displays the cross section of objects cut by the section plane in the 3D viewer.

Hide Section Plane hides the section plane for the active weld.

Width and Height specify the size of the section window.

Select a spot weld fastener or manufacturing weld.

The weld gun snaps to the weld and a context toolbar providing the Flip Tool and Commit Position commands appears.

As the weld gun is manipulated around the manufacturing weld, the robot jogs accordingly when the manufacturing weld point is reachable for the robot-gun combination. If the manufacturing weld point goes out of reach of the robot, the robot stops jogging and only the gun rotates around the z-axis of the manufacturing weld. This occurs until the gun reaches a position where the manufacturing weld point is again reachable for the robot.

When Clash Detection is enabled in Section Options, collisions detected are those between the selected weld gun (and mounting robot, if the gun is mounted) and the remaining objects in the world (all products and resources). If no collision is detected between these objects, collision between the weld gun and the mounting robot (excluding the robot mount plate) is also verified.

Use Flip Tool

to flip the selected weld gun at the current fastener.

The section corresponding to the current fastener is immediately updated in the section window.

When Flip Tool is used with a fixed TCP weld gun, the robot is jogged so that the part with the current weld is flipped.

In he Generate 2D Section dialog box, click Generate Section

to generate section curves.

The Sectional View panel appears.

As the weld gun is rotated, the section curves are automatically updated in the Sectional View panel.

In the Generate 2D Section dialog box:

Lock Location locks the translation of the manufacturing weld that is selected.
Show Only Active Section displays the section curves for only the active manufacturing weld. By default, section curves are shown for all manufacturing welds in the Selected Fasteners/Spot Targets list.
Show Only Active Section enabled

Click Commit Position

to save the position of the modified manufacturing weld.

Note:

If the selected fastener is implemented by an associated point fasten process and the corresponding fasten process does not have a point fastening operation to create spot weld trajectory, a message is displayed: The data does not have any Point Fastening operation to create spot weld trajectory, do you want to create it?

Click Yes to create a System structure that contains a point fastening operation for the new spot weld trajectory.

Modifications applied to each selected weld result are saved in the corresponding manufacturing weld in the spot weld trajectory. Also, the context toolbar is updated to include all other commands that are associated with the spot weld trajectory (Reassign Welds and Reset to Design Position).

If you select No, the System structure and spot trajectory are not created, and Commit Position terminates without saving the modifications.

Note: If the selected Fastener is not implemented by an associated Point Fasten Process, a message is displayed and the weld position is not saved: The following fasteners are not assigned to any process. So, manufacturing welds are not created for these fasteners.

Click Save Section

to save the section curves.

The Save Section Result dialog box prompts you to name the saved section.

Enter a Representation Name and click OK.

The section curves are saved in an Analysis Result object for the active scenario in the Results side tab.

You can right-click the result object and select View Section Results to view a list of section results that have been saved for the current scenario.

You can select any result in the list and click Open to view the saved section curves.

Click OK to create a Weld Section scenario.

The new scenario appears in the Scenarios side tab.

Note: If you select Cancel to terminate the command, any new sections added under the results object are deleted.