Weld Details

The weld details area shows when a weld is selected.

Weld Detail Area

The weld detail area

  • Enabled: Sets if the weld is enabled. Only enabled welds will be passed to the planning process and the included in the generated program. This enables a user to control which welds are planned or exported. Note that program optimisation works with the currently enabled welds, if this is changed planning may be required to create the optimised paths. The checkbox to enable/disable a weld is positioned to the left of the name textbox.

  • Name: The name of the selected weld(s). This can also be used to edit the names of multiple welds by typing before or after the <mutiple> to add a prefix or suffix to the weld names.

  • Tags: Tags associated with the selected weld(s). To add a tag type in the tag followed by the space-bar. These are useful to quickly refer to weld using the weld filter.

  • Number: If the weld is enabled, the weld number in the program. This can be modified to move the weld up / down in the program.

  • Length: The length of the weld.

  • Status: The current planning status of the weld. If errors or warnings have been detected, displays these here. If there is a longer list of errors, status will turn into a link. Clicking this link will open the Issues dialogue.

  • Issues: A dialogue displaying a list of all planning errors and warnings for the weld. Any errors will deem the weld planning status as failed.

  • Settings: Sets and displays the weld settings applied. You can click the button next to “Settings” to open a dialog to edit these.

    • Process: Configures the settings used for the weld process. You can click the button next to the dropdown to specify a different process setting for only the start and/or end of the weld, see below for more details.

    • Path Finding: Configures the settings used for the part finding.

    • Workpiece positioner: Changes the settings used to move the workpiece positioner.

    • Robot positioner: Changes the settings used to move the robot positioner.

  • Path: All settings and functions used to manipulate the weld path.

    • Edit Targets: Open the Target Editor, which allows the modification of individual targets that make up a weld.

    • Troubleshoot path: Open the selected weld in the Weld Path troubleshooter, for diagnosis of planning errors.

    • Smoothing: When approaching a corner or a bend, at what distance should weld start smoothing the change in direction.

    • Tool Rotation: How should the tool be rotated around the wire direction when planning a weld.