Virtual Welding Overview; Visual Cues - Lincoln Electric 12926 Operator's Manual

VRTEX 360, 360+, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT+
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VIRTUAL WELDING
OVERVIEW
While a user is welding, observers can see the welder's view, Live
Action Student Evaluation Report (LASER) screen or instructor's view
displayed on the monitor. See Figure 39. The welder's view shows
what the user with the headset on is seeing through the headset.
The Live Action Student Evaluation Report (LASER) screen displays a
real time graph of the weld being made and gives a score when the
user selects "end pass". The instructor's view allows another user
to zoom in/out, pan and rotate the coupon to view the weldment from
different angles in real time. Use the white "Next" or "Prev" arrows
to select different views.
Figure 39 – User screen view
UPPER OVERLAYS
The welding technique set in the tolerance editor and other process
details are displayed on the upper right portion of the screen.
ORANGE VISUAL CUES ICON
The orange action menu icon has the following options:
• Travel Speed
• AIM
• Travel/Work Angles
• CTWD (Contact To Work Distance)
• Arc Length
• Postflow
• Filler Movement
• Filler Dip Frequency
• Weave
• Whip
Only available cues will appear (based on welding process).

VISUAL CUES

Visual cues are aids to help users learn faster. The travel speed,
CTWD, arc length and travel/work angle cues indicate whether the
user is within the tolerances set in the tolerances editor. Generally,
these cues are color coded as well as symbolic. When cues are red,
they indicate being out of tolerance. Yellow cues indicate close to
tolerance, but not optimal. Green cues indicate being within tolerance
and close to optimal.
The "Cheater" Lens magnifies the image as seen by the user in
the headset and in the welder's view. The user can toggle between
Off, 1.25X, 1.5X, 1.75X, 2X select their option with the red select icon.
Travel Speed turns on the travel speed visual cue. See Figure
40. This cue uses the color coding position to indicate travel speed.
NOTE: The goal is to keep the arrow in the center of the graph which
will also keep it green.
Figure 40 – Travel speed
The CTWD (Contact Tip To Work Distance) cue uses color and
position to indicate proper CTWD. See Figure 41. The goal is to
get the tip of the green arrow on the line of the "H" bar and keep the
arrow color green (also known as Arc Length).
Figure 41 – CTWD (contact tip to work distance)
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OPERATION (USER MODE)