Mirroring Issue Robot Studio 5.13

Mike Nelson

Is there any way to mirror a path and have the configurations mirror also.

While in the mirror path window I see a radio button that says Mirror Robot Configuration that is never selectable.

 

This is a pretty hot issue as a large customer of ours is upset that it is so difficult to mirror a path with there sealer robots.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

RobotDoctor

How is the path being mirrored?  I usually define a frame on the fixture or part and mirror around that frame.

Mike Nelson

I am trying to mirror across the conveyor which is where world 0 is.

This is the way we normally do it, if I define another frame will it work better?

I am just looking for a way to mirror a path where the configurations get mirrored also.  Right now if I mirror the program the configs do not get mirrored and I need to do the AutoConfig.  This is better than what the procedure was before, but I would still like to see the configs get mirrored.

 

Thanks for the Help.

RobotDoctor

I would create a frame on the conveyor (X pointing down towards the beginning of the conveyor, Y pointing towards your robot or the side of the conveyor the robot is mounted, and Z pointing up).  When mirroring the path, select the reference to "Selected Frame" and then select the created frame (Frame1).  The Mirror Plane and Mirror Orientation should be good as they are and select apply.  This will mirror the path and configuration of the robot positions.  Keep in mind that some points will have to be modified due to the position of the robot in relation to the new robot position.

This is the method I use when programming with RobotStudio and when a mirrored path is desired.  There will be no need to translate the points if the part is symmetrical.  If the same orientation is required for multiple paths then a simple single point translation will work.  However, translation only is not mirroring a path.

I hope this helps.

Mike Nelson

That seemed to work better, I used the frame as you said, and it worked.  Then I tried doing it from world 0 again and that worked also, so maybe before I was doing something wrong.  Anyways it seems to be working as you said, Thanks for the help.