Robot path generation from 3D CAD

[singh.vishwa98]

Can Autodesk Inventor help in generating a path for robotic arm movement? Like it is done in this video -Video

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

Environments>Dynamic Simulation and use the Input Grapher.

[singh.vishwa98]

So will it generate path and give output file (.txt format) for Robot? Also
can I use this output file to directly feed the Robotic Arm software?

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

I was thinking more of going the other way - driving an Inventor assembly robot with Excel to simulate the robot motion in Inventor and calculate forces, velocities and so on...

I have never worked with programming a robot.  Generating a path (Trace) in Inventor is pretty easy, but I don't know how to convert it to code that is appropriate for a robot control software.

I took a look at the output code from Inventor *.iaa and it is not ASCII text, so I don't know if it is useable in any way.

It appears from the YouTube video that it is certainly doable, but not OOTB Inventor functionality.  Would require some coding.

Might post your question over here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/bd-p/120 and be sure to include a complete description of your goal.

[singh.vishwa98]

Thank You, sir, for the details and helpful advice 🙂