Hi,
I have a robot that is using point to point moves. I would like to use it for engraving text. The problem is, I' cant just tell it to "print" the letter 'a', I would have to teach all the points for it to create the letter 'a', to engrave a whole word, would require, well a-lot of point teaching.This system is 15+ years old and uses basic protocal and a text type editer that compiles the program to something different for the controller to use.
Here is my question...
Is there a way in autocad, (or other easy to use text software,preferably free) to creat the text and give it point data info,, that I could try to put into the robots editor and then complie it to the controller? I think if it could be loaded into the editor as x,y,z,a data i might have a chance.
The controller is a Seiko TT8030 system. The software currently used for it is "Darlspec".
I am hoping to find a way to creat easy test files instead of teaching every point to the robot everytime I want to engrave a different word.
Thanks, your input is greatly appreciated.