Activity 3.

Creating basic
RobotExpert elements
Activity 3. Creating basic RobotExpert elements

Description

The student will design basic elements of RobotExpert, using basic shapes to create objects.

Objectives

• To learn the basic modeling elements in RobotExpert

Instructions

Step 1. Open RobotExpert and select “create new cell.”

You will open a new working space.

Step 2. To start with our model, go to the “modeling” menu with the “create new part” tool
, add a new part in the project tree.

A new element, “PartPrototype” will appear in the project tree.

Step 3. After this, add a new element from the main menu “modeling,” with the “solids” tool.

Add a new “box” element following this path.

Step 4. Configure the box with the following dimensions.

Then, we can see the following menu.

Step 5. Leave the following values, performing the “locate at” action (1), then, click somewhere
off the plane (2) and see how it changes.
Step 6. If these were not the correct dimensions, or you wish to modify them, you may do it by
modifying the “box” element from the project tree, and then opening options in “solids.”

Select the “scale” option.

Step 7. You will see how the “box” properties show the height, width, and depth directions. In
addition, a dialog box shows the current dimensions, that you may modify.

Step 8. We can also see how these dimensions are changed in real time with the arrows to
increase or reduce dimensions (without closing the dialog box). Once you are satisfied with the
changes, you may accept them. Or you may “cancel” any change, which is what you will do.
Step 9. To save this new element, click on the following tool.

Check the name to save the object, and the JT component.

Step 10. Check that in addition to boxes, you may add cones, cylinders, spheres, and toroids, on
which you may perform union, intersection, or subtraction operations.
Step 11. For instance, adding a second box, with the same dimensions as the first.

Then, relocate the second box, following the substeps.

11-a. Select the second box.

11-b. Right-click and select the “relocate” option in the submenu.

11-c. The following menu will be displayed, and you must click on the “from frame” box.

11-d. Then, select the “box 2” vertex by clicking on the vertex adjacent to “box 1”, as shown
in the following figure.

11-e. After this is done, select “to frame” by clicking on the “box 1” at a middle point, as shown
in the following figure.
 11-f. Then, accept the operation clicking “apply,” and you can see how the “box 2” element
has relocated. After that, you may close the window by clicking ”close” in the top right
corner.

Step 12. Now, make a subtraction operation. For that, from the “solids” menu, select the “subtract”
option.

The following dialog will be displayed.

Step 13. Click on the green “from entity” box and select the “box 1” element.

Step 14. This operation subtracts part of “box 2” from “box 1”, and the resulting example is as
shown below (Tech DesignEc, 2020).

These screenshots were obtained directly from the software being explained on the computer,
for educational purposes.

For evaluation
 Write a report where you replicate the steps explained above, designing a set of objects which
you can join, and which after subtracting and joining result in the following shape.

Dimensions shown in millimeters.

References

This video is only available in its Spanish version.

Tech DesignEC. (2020, January 14). Webinar2 - Robot Expert - Programación de Brazos Robot
Industriales [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/zluyFpuvAKs

Evaluation criteria

Concept Score
Turn in the report on the design performed. 70 %
Conclusions on the use of basic design figures for creating more complex figures. 20%
Turn in the document in Word format, good spelling, clear idea development. 10%

Deliverable

Document in Word format reporting on the design of the piece elaborated by the student (pictures and narration
of steps), as well as their conclusions on the use of basic figures for designing more complex pieces in technical
drawing.
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