Need detail instructions to create new robot MTD file

[tanghSMNKH]

Hi,

I am trying to add a DENSO V087 robot to PowerMill.

Is there video instruction on how to create a new *.dmt file? The steps shown in the PDF isn't really clear on what and when to create names (like A.dmt or Spindle.dmt).

In section 2.3, how do you "move" the spindle to the correct position? Is it using the  Assembly -> Attachment function? What do you do when you encounter the "You do not have the necessary license to use Assembly modelling"? Can you, say, assemble the robot in SolidWorks or Fusion360 in with *.stp files, export, and re-import into PowerShape? Will it maintain the correct coordinates? 

Are you suppose to assemble the spindle on the robot model before using PowerMill?

If you have a mounting plate between the tool mounting flange and spindle, how do you handle it? May be "attach" it to the spindle model? Should it be done outside PowerShape then (i.e. assemble them in SolidWorks first), then import both as one model into PowerShape?

Is the *.dmt file the graphical parts? Is the *.mdt file the parameter for the robot? It isn't clear on p.13 of the "How to build a Robot simulation" that the *.mdt is part of the export and "contains triangles", and then you need to edit it in notepad following the steps in section 4.3.

Can you also clarify the steps in section 4.3 about modifying the folder name and the naming convention?

Do you also have a Robot Setup - xxx.pdf for DENSO robots?

In Section 4.3, it mention you need to update 2. Heat attachment point. In Section 4.5 Tool and Table Attach Points, it is describing to update the description of the head_attach_point. Is the tool same as head? Or is it describing where the tool is going to attach to the head?

Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.

Ray

[tanghSMNKH]

I was able to get this far by assemble the files in SolidWorks and export it again to *.stp, then re-import into PowerShape. But I am unable to verify the "position" of the robot according to Section 2.2.

Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.

[tanghSMNKH]

I also don't have the same "layers" as shown in Section 2.1.

[tanghSMNKH]

I tried to export to *.dmt file. So I went to export, unknown type and select *.dmt, but it gives me a no triangle error.

The files imported fine. I am not sure why there's no triangle.

Here:

[tanghSMNKH]

I also tried just export the robot without the tool and the tool flange to spindle plate. It is giving me the same error.

[tanghSMNKH]

Update: I gave up using PowerMill Modeling 2023 and used PowerShape 2023. When I bring in STEP files, there are 2 ways they can show up and I don't know how or why they show up differently in the model tree in the left. In fact, I can't get them to show up differently.

If you look at the model tree (specifically the spindle), I did it 2 ways: bring in the spindle and the mounting plate (they became 2 pieces on the bottom of the tree), and spindle+mounting plate combine (it became a solid 9 on top of the tree). Because I figured that F.dmt is the tool mounting flange or axis 6, I don't have a way to deal with the mounting plate, so I decided to combine the spindle+mounting plate before bringing them in.

However, either way, I still can't "exporting each entity of the robot" "into separate *.dmt files". After exporting by first highlight the part, all the exported parts are the same file size. So I don't think I export them correctly.

Any suggestions  will be appreciated.

[rich11]

Try converting to geometry then export your models