Creating and Editing a Motion Profile

This procedure explains how to create or edit the motion profile associated with a robot.  All robots have profiles that make up part of their controller data.  The motion profile defines data about the robot's speed. 
To perform this procedure, you must have a robot loaded in the PPR tree (a .CATProcess document).
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  1. From the Robot Controller toolbar, click New Motion Profile .

  2. Select the robot from the PPR tree.

    A new motion profile appears under the controller node, which is under the robot node, on the PPR tree (in the example, the new motion profile is Motion.1; the current motion profile is the default profile).

  3. Right-click the new motion profile, and select Motion Profile object>Definition.

    The Motion Profile dialog box appears (the version below is what is available after you select the More button).

  4. Enter the data that applies.

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  5. Select the OK button.

    The motion profile is now defined.
If you want the motion profile you just created and defined set as the motion profile for the robot, right-click the motion profile on the PPR tree, and select Motion Profile object > Set as current.

The green check mark beside a particular profile indicates that it is set as current (see the Default motion profile listed on the image above).
 

Using Teach to Modify the Motion Profile
  In addition to the method described above, users can modify the motion profile from the Table view of the Teach dialog box by right-clicking on the operation and selecting Motion Profile and then desired motion profile. The profiles listed depend upon those defined for the robot, although the profile named Current is always available.  Current, in this case, is defined as the profile from the previous operation that had a profile defined.