Customized 3D robot issue

[jiaqzhao]

[ FlexSim 24.0.0 ]

I have customized a 3D robot in the animation module. The general robot shape and the axes are almost okay. But there is an issue: when I play and reset the simulation, the robot changes its shape automatically. I would like to use it as a pick-and-place robot. Could anyone help me solve this issue? The robot file has been uploaded. Thank you very much!robotmodel.7z

[joerg_vogel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N_ORob95uE

[jiaqzhao]

I created my robot based on this video. However, I still meet this issue. Could anyone solve it based on my files? Many thanks!

[joerg_vogel · Accepted solution]

@royjuventus29, I adjusted by dragging or editing values of each component in Animation Editor and then I saved for this component its Base Position.

[jiaqzhao]

It is not the problem of saving Base Position. I already did it.

[joerg_vogel]

@royjuventus29, I decomposed your model a bit. There are now more gaps. But I achieved this in the way I described it above:

robot_jv.fsm

[joerg_vogel]

@royjuventus29 , added component consists as every other object of size, rotation and location values in a matrix. This is the yellow bounding box of an highlighted object or selected as a red bounding box. BUT an object consists also of a shape. And this shape offset factors can you edit in quick properties panel in visuals under more visuals. I tried this and I succeeded by adjusting shape factors in more visuals. I saved the model, opened it again and hit reset. And the shape keeps its size.

robot2_shape_resized-jv.fsm

[jiaqzhao]

Can you change the Base and Joint 1 back to their original positions, as I showed in the first picture? When we play the simulation these joints change 90 degrees immediately. I don't want this to happen.

[joerg_vogel]

@royjuventus29, similar to this?

robot3_jv.fsm

[jiaqzhao]

Yes, can you explain a little bit how you achieve this? Besides, can you also change the size of the robot to its origin size? The robot is much bigger than the origin one. It changes automatically when we play the simulation. I don't know why it works like this.

[joerg_vogel]

I move and resize components in Animation Editor to get a frame for a kinematic model. I do not rotate them, because they are controlled by features of Robot Object. Then I edit the shapes fitting into the frames. I rotate, resize and locate these 3D surfaces within their components frames.

[jiaqzhao]

Okay I got it. Could you also solve the robot size issue which I mentioned in the previous message?

[jason_lightfootVL7B4]

You should see the size preserved having saved the base positions - it's stored in the resizeinfo/bodies node of the robot.

[jeanette_fullmer88DK3]

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