When you click a new robot in the list, a general figure of the robot will show at point 1.

It will be green if the robot you clicked can reach point 1, otherwise it will show in red.

This will show even if there is no robot in the assembly, or the robot in the assembly is completely different.

The figure represents the robot in its "typical" posture (as shown in the robot brochures). The robot model will be inserted in ZERO posture (all links are at their zero value), which might differ from the "published" posture.

RobotWorks 6.5 allows you to save different Robot Options files.

Unlike in RobotWorks 6, where you could use different robot options file but could not create them. you can now create specific files yourself.

Support for Gantry robots was added to RobotWorks 6.5.

In such robots the arm is mounted on XYZ linear slides but 3 more links can rotate, thus keep 6 DOF.

RobotWorks 6.5 enhanced the functionality of a robot moving on a linear axis far beyond RobotWorks 6.

Several motion modes are supported, from manual (telling the robot slide where to be at each point) to automatic (in which the program calculates the appropriate slide position based on the robot reach.  

RobotWorks writes the slide data into the robot file for most robot makes.

RobotWorks 6.5 introduces support for two more robot companies - REIS and DENSO.

Currently limited families of products from both manufacturers are supported.

Contact support for details.

A new option was added to Event Forms of all supporting robots, where text (e.g. command, numeric parameter etc.) can be added BEFORE the point.

This is required for some controllers as well as the ability to start a process (e.g. "ARC ON") before the first move.

You can now add Motion Only  points during Landing & Takeoff.

This could be used for:

- Enhancing the motion simulation (the robot will gradually approach teh first lead point)

- Adding Process point along the landing / takeoff motion

You can now see directly in the main RobotWorks form what status the motion has - green / red / yellow, without opening the robot setup form.

The Convert grid now allows copying portions of the displayed data to Windows Clipboard.

This is useful for integrators who use the numeric data for their own applications.  

Developed for arc welding applications, this function provides easy way to "jump above" obstacles in the middle of lead, such as clamps, ribs etc.

Imported or captured points sometimes suffer form uneven pitch and orientation due to the instable hand.

Now such path can be smoothed using a new function.  

You can now define Step & Repeat for leads using different references, such as World, User-defined FRAME, etc.

This is very useful for creating identical parts from path on one.

You an also use Events within the original lead, and they will be copied as well to the other repeats.

Jobs saved in RobotWorks keep pointers inside the SolidWorks assembly. Called Attributes, they are hidden from SolidWorks users.

A new form gives you a list of all the pointers inside an assembly so you can see which jobs can be used with this assembly, as well as which entities were included with a job.

Several functions enable you to move points one by one using the tool as reference.

This new function enables moving groups of points from their current location, and re position them anywhere with different reference, such as world, Frame etc.

In addition to details about RobotWorks job,

you can now get an idea about the SolidWorks version and assembly Configuration when the job was saved.

When you move the mouse pointer over the Robot Options form, a short explanation of that field will appear under the mouse pointer.

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