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TCP2 number are also defined. The off-line programming module then generates the
robot program in ARLA language, the teach points file and the welding parameters
file.
Software requirements and list of files
The following requirements are necessary to run the off-line programming
software developed:
" AutoCAD release 12 or above and AutoCAD Modelling Extension (AME);
" Some environment variables must be set before running AutoCAD. These could be
included in the batch file used by AutoCAD 12 DOS386 to define its own
environment variables. The necessary variables are listed below as they should
appear in the DOS batch file:
SET WELDING=X: \ACAD\WELDING
SET API=X: \ACAD\API
SET OFFLINE=X: \ACAD\WELDING\OFFLINE
The environment variable WELDING stores the path in which the program
files are stored, in the example X. " IACADI WELDING. The enviroment variable
API defines the path where the AutoCAD API files are stored. The OFFLINE
environment variable defines the path where the generated robot programs
should be stored
The welding pop down menu must be defined in the ACAD. MNU. This can be
done by backing up the original file and adding the following lines after the last
POPn (n=0,1,..., 9 or more) menu description. The example shows that the menu is
the tenth to appear on the screen, from the left to the right side (see Figure C. 1).
Example:
***POP10
[Welding]
[Load Welding Module... ]"CACAC(load (strcat (getenv "WELDING') "/loadwm"))
[-Unload Welding Module
... ]ACACAC(setq wmodule nil) (xunload "AME") (princ)
[-]
[~Define Weld... ] %C^C^C(wmodule)
[-View Weld ... ]AC"C"C(viewweld nil nil)
[-]
[Delete Weld ... ]"C"CAC(delete weld nil)
[-]
[->Setup]
[Welding]^C^C^C(load (strcat (getenv "WELDING) "/loadwset"))
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