17.3 Features
Modify an existing plane by selecting Plane and pressing Modify Plane. You will then use the
same guide as for teaching a new plane.
17.3.5 Example: Manually Updating a Feature to Adjust a Program
Consider an application where multiple parts of a robot program is relative to a table. Figure
17.4 illustrates the movement from waypoints wp1 through wp4.
Robot Program
MoveJ
S1
MoveL # Feature: P1_var
wp1
wp2
wp3
wp4
Figure 17.4: Simple program with four waypoints relative to a feature plane manually updated by chang-
ing the feature
The application requires the program to be reused for multiple robot installations where the po-
sition of the table varies slightly. The movement relative to the table is identical. By defining the
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NOTE:
You can re-teach the plane in the opposite direction of the x-axis, if
you want that plane to be normal in the opposite direction.
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