Today, 01:23 AM
I’m working on a project that involves importing a very large STEP file (a full production line) into RoboDK.
I first tried importing the assembly using the RoboDK CAD plugin, but I encountered the same performance and object-property issues described below. I then imported the assembly as a single STEP object and used Split object, which correctly generated many individual objects (this is what I want). However, after splitting, when I click on each object, no object details/properties appear. The properties only show up if I right-click the object and use Convert to object. When I do this, the icon changes from a cylinder to a cube, and then the object properties become visible.
The issue is that converting each object individually is very time-consuming, and when I try to convert many objects at once, RoboDK either freezes, crashes, or becomes “Not Responding.”
Questions:
Is there a way to access object properties after splitting without converting each object manually?
Is there a recommended workflow for handling very large STEP assemblies (e.g., production lines) to avoid crashes and performance issues?
Is the cylinder → cube icon change expected behavior when converting objects?
The imported STEP was oriented incorrectly, so I rotated the object using a reference frame to fix the orientation.
Is this the correct approach, or should the orientation be fixed by aligning the object reference frame instead of rotating the geometry?
I’ve attached a screenshot of my station for reference and the station itself for reference.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.
I first tried importing the assembly using the RoboDK CAD plugin, but I encountered the same performance and object-property issues described below. I then imported the assembly as a single STEP object and used Split object, which correctly generated many individual objects (this is what I want). However, after splitting, when I click on each object, no object details/properties appear. The properties only show up if I right-click the object and use Convert to object. When I do this, the icon changes from a cylinder to a cube, and then the object properties become visible.
The issue is that converting each object individually is very time-consuming, and when I try to convert many objects at once, RoboDK either freezes, crashes, or becomes “Not Responding.”
Questions:
Is there a way to access object properties after splitting without converting each object manually?
Is there a recommended workflow for handling very large STEP assemblies (e.g., production lines) to avoid crashes and performance issues?
Is the cylinder → cube icon change expected behavior when converting objects?
The imported STEP was oriented incorrectly, so I rotated the object using a reference frame to fix the orientation.
Is this the correct approach, or should the orientation be fixed by aligning the object reference frame instead of rotating the geometry?
I’ve attached a screenshot of my station for reference and the station itself for reference.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.