Importing coordinates from CAD to UR

tor_odigo 2021-04-26

Hi,

Is there a way to import points or coordinates from a CAD model to a UR program? I'm the integrator in a welding project where the robot will make 210 spot welds on each side of a battery cell package. I have all the positions for the welds in CAD. Is there a way to import these points as coordinates for the UR, so I don't have to manually enter all the positions by measuring in the CAD model (which I started doing)?

Best,
Tor

bcastets 2021-04-26

It is possible to control the UR robot with G code:
https://www.universal-robots.com/blog/simplify-robot-programming-with-g-code/
That could be a possible option to order welding trajectories.

tor_odigo 2021-04-26

I have tried that in Fusion 360 actually. It does work, but I can't figure out how to match my plane in UR with the coordinate system of the NC-file, since the only setting for the coordinate system I can do in Fusion is the one below, which is only one point and not the three needed to set up a working plane.