[petrosony]

I'm struggling with this problem for my college exam project. I have a milling operation on my station (divided into 3 steps: roughing - finishing - finishing) imported from FeatureCAM.

Before importing it I've already created a changing tool system similar to the one suggested in a previous conversation on this forum:
https://robodk.com/forum/Thread-Automati...-in-RoboDK

In order to insert the single changing tool programs between the various steps in the main milling program. If I execute changing tool programs singularly, they work without any problems, but if I put them in the main program and run it, the robot can insert just the first tool and perform roughing operation; then, it moves as if it wants to perform changing tool operation but still keeping the first tool on the robot flange.

Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

[Albert]

Can you share your RoboDK project file? We can better take a look.

[petrosony]

Can you share your RoboDK project file? We can better take a look.

Yes, certainly, here it is; I apologize in advance if the organization of the programs and objects may seem confusing, but I hope everything is still understandable (I'm new to RoboDK and I still have a lot to learn).

Actually, in the meanwhile I found out that this problem only occurs when I move the bar slider below to jump directly to the changing tool step and check if this program work, but if I let the main program run without moving the slider bar, then changing tool operation is performed in the right way.

Anyway, I wonder if there's a way to view the same operation in both cases, in order to skip milling process and visualize the main steps of the program by moving the slider bar and without waiting a lot of time.

Thanks a lot for your support!

[Olivier]

Always make sure that the Z axis of the world is pointing upward, this will make moving the view around in your station much less confusing.

As for the slider, this is normal because Event Instructions are not taken into consideration when moving the slider, only robot movements.

In the following station, I added a "reset" program that reset the tool changer sequence so you can play the slider without having to show/hide the tools manually every time.

[petrosony]

Thank you for the advices, I'll keep that on mind for the future; I also appreciate your suggestion on the reset program, effectively now it's easier to go back to the start position.

Have a good day!

[Albert]

Thank you for your feedback.