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This guide provides a basic introduction to Robotmaster software. There is a basic overview of the user interface and options. Followed by a walkthrough of a programming a job for work cell with a six-axis robot manipulator.

Contents

  1. Setup

    1. Installation

      1. Installation instructions should be available on the KB.

    2. Licensing

      1. For now, this is covered in separate doc for License Expert and in the RM KB.

  2. Part Programming Guide

    1. Opening Robotmaster

    2. Important options

    3. Device and task windows

      1. Add task, discuss the Task

    4. Gnomons

    5. 3D navigation

    6. Walkthrough

      1. Creating a new task

      2. Importing a CAD file

      3. Creating a contouring operation

      4. Loading a device

      5. Assigning an operation

      6. Calculating

      7. Simulating

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Robotmaster main window

When Robotmaster opens for the first time, the main window will be empty with no device or tasks loaded. The main window is divided into several main areas:

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Main Menu

Access common commands such as New, Open, Save, Export, set global Options, and so on.

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Use this area to view and edit points, robot joint positions, and coordinate frames.

Options

Use Options set up the general behavior of Robotmaster.

To open Robotmaster Options:

  • Select the Main Menu button image-20240813-132931.pngImage Added > Options.

Some common options that you may want to adjust:

3D Navigation style

In the viewport, several styles are available for interacting with the 3D viewport.

Robotmaster

Inventor

MasterCam

MasterCam Reverse wheel

SOLIDWORKS

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Mouse wheel up

Zoom out

Zoom out

Zoom out

Zoom in

Zoom out

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Mouse wheel down

Zoom in

Zoom in

Zoom in

Zoom out

Zoom in

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Mouse wheel click and drag

Pan

Pan

Rotate

Rotate

Rotate

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CTRL key + Mouse wheel click and drag

Rotate

Pan

Rotate

Rotate

Pan

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SHIFT + Mouse wheel click and drag

Pan

Rotate

Pan

Pan

Rotate

Frames and using the gnomon

User frame: Defines the position and orientation of the part. Defined with respect to the base fram

Tool frame AKA TCP defines position and orientation of the tip of the tool, relative to J6.

Where the part is

World coordinate system /

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