Interface Introduction¶
This section introduces the user interface of the path planning tool, including menu bar, toolbar, resources panel, 3D simulation area, and functional panels.
Toolbar¶
Options |
Description |
Simulate |
Run the simulated robot |
Stop |
Stop running the simulated robot |
Initial Pose for Planning |
Set the initial pose of the robot for the simulation |
Collision Configuration |
Configure the collison detection settings |
Open the model editor |
|
Simulation Speed |
Set the running speed of the simulated robot |
Resources¶
The Resources panel provides the interfaces for the robot, tools, workobjects (i.e., the target objects to be picked or processed), scene objects, etc.
Robot¶
This entry provides the interface for displaying the robot used in the current project.
Right-click the robot name and the following option will appear.
Open Robot File Directory
Open the folder where the robot model file is stored
Click to make the robot semitransparent, and click to restore to the original display setting.
Reference Frames¶
This entry provides the interface for displaying all reference frames in the 3D simulation area.
Click to display the corresponding reference frame, and click to hide the reference frame.
Click to enable or disable the “translation” or “rotation” of the dragger.
Tools¶
This entry provides the interface for configuring the tools in the project.
Click + to open the Tool Configuration window, where you can add tools.
Right-click the name of a configured tool, and the following options will appear.
Option
Description
Shortcut
Copy
Copy the current tool
Ctrl + C
Paste
Paste the current tool
Ctrl + V
Delete
Delete the current tool
Delete
Rename
Rename the current tool
N/A
Tool Configuration
Open the Tool Configuration window of the current tool
N/A
Set As Active Tool
Set the current tool as the active tool
N/A
Click to make the tool semitransparent, and click to restore to the original display setting.
Workobjects¶
This entry provides the interface for configuring the workobjects in the project.
Click + to open a Workobject Configuration window, where you can add workobjects.
Right-click the name of a configured workobject, and the following options will appear.
Option
Description
Shortcut
Delete
Delete the current workobject
Delete
Rename
Rename the current workobject
N/A
Workobject Configuration
Open the Workobject Configuration window of the current workobject
N/A
Hint
“Default” is the workobject configuration used for vision results without labels.
Floor¶
This entry provides the interface for modifying the height of the floor and floor display setting.
Right-click the Floor and you can modify the height of it in the pop-up window.
Click to hide the floor and click to restore.
Scene Objects¶
This entry provides the interface for configuring the scene objects in the project.
Click + to open a Scene Object Configuration window, where you can add scene objects.
Right-click the name of a configured scene object, and the following options will appear.
Option
Description
Shortcut
Copy
Copy the current scene object
Ctrl + C
Paste
Paste the scene object
Ctrl + V
Cut
Cut the current scene object
Ctrl + X
Delete
Delete the current scene object
Delete
Rename
Rename the current scene object
N/A
Scene Object Configuration
Open the Scene Object Configuration window of the current workobject
N/A
Click to make the scene object semitransparent; click to make the scene object transparent; and click to restore to the original display setting.
You can also drag and drop the scene object name in the Resources panel to make the scene object model a child model or an individual model.
Model Library¶
This entry provides the interface for importing external models to the project. All the external models imported will be displayed in the Model Library, and the models will be categorized according to their formats.
Click + to open the file selection window to import an external model.
Right-click the imported external model, and the following options will appear.
Option
Description
Shortcut
Copy
Copy the current model
Ctrl + C
Paste
Paste the copied model
Ctrl + V
Delete
Delete the current model
Delete
Model Configuration
Open the Model Configuration window of the current model
N/A
Model Editor
Open the model editor and the current model will be used as the reference model
N/A
Open Folder
Open the folder where the model file is stored
N/A
3D Simulation Area¶
The robot, scene objects, tools, workobject models, robot motion path, pick points, and collisions will be displayed in the 3D Simulation Area. Also in this area, you can drag and drop the models of scene objects.
You can take the following mouse actions to adjust your view in the 3D simulation area.
Rotate the view
Hold left button and drag
Display the context menu for quick view adjustments
Right-click
Pan the view
Hold middle button and drag
Zoom in or out
Scroll
Functional Panels¶
The functional panels include Workflow, Robot, Plan History, and Log.
Workflow¶
You can configure the workflow in this panel.
Click to create a new workflow.
Click to delete the workflow.
Click to edit the name of the current workflow.
Click to switch the workflow.
Robot¶
You can set the joint positions, TCP, and robot home position in this panel.
Plan History¶
You can check the detailed planning information and error description in the Plan History panel, which facilitates to debug and optimize the project. For detailed instructions, please refer to Plan History.
You can configure the related settings at the bottom of this functional panel.
Collision display duration
The display duration time of the collision in the 3D simulation area when you select a failure record caused by the collision.
Expire after
The expired time of the plan history. After the expired time, the previous plan history will be overwritten by the current plan history.
Load plan history
Load the saved plan history.
Clear
Clear all plan history in the panel.
Help
A brief introduction of the plan history.
Right-click on an item in the plan history, you can see the following options.
Search
After clicking Search, two filter buttons will appear at the bottom of the panel. You can search for the planning item you need according to the plan result type and the collided link index.
Collapse All
Collapse all sub-nodes in the panel and only displays the parent nodes.
Delete Selected Plan History
Delete the selected plan history item.
Log¶
On the log panel, you can view the software log in detail and manage the log settings at the bottom of the panel.
Click one log entry and press Ctrl + C, and the entry will be copied to your clipboard.
D, i, W, E
Screen out the logs to be displayed according to their levels. Logs under selected levels will be displayed. You can select multiple levels.
D: Debug i: Info W: Warning E: Error
Clear
Clear all log messages on the page.
Export
Export the log messages to the HTML file in the
logs
folder in the installation directory of the software.Open folder
Click to open the
logs
folder in the installation directory of the software. The logs are arranged by date.