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Snapshots preserve the current view of the workcell – they include a variety of object attributes, for example; point of view, visibility, location and more. This procedure demonstrates how to create and apply snapshots with various options.
The Snapshot Editor displays snapshots created from engineering data as displayed in the Graphic Viewer. Snapshots are used to store specific views and viewing angles during your work and can be used for later reference and collaboration.
1. Click View→Viewers→Snapshot Editor. The Snapshot Editor appears – it is empty.
2. Create a snapshot, as follows:
a. Display the objects in the Graphic Viewer as you wish to record them. For example, change the point of view, rotate, and zoom in/out.
b. In the Snapshot Editor toolbar, click Create New Snapshot. A snapshot listing appears in the upper pane of the Snapshot Editor – its default name is snapshot1. You can rename the snapshot. Additionally, the snapshot preview is displayed in the lower part of the viewer.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots
3. Create another snapshot, as follows:
a. Display the objects in the Graphic Viewer as you wish to record them.
b. In the Snapshot Editor toolbar, click Create New Snapshot. Another snapshot listing appears - give it a unique name.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots 4. Edit snapshot properties:
a. Select a snapshot listing in the upper pane of the Snapshot Editor and click Edit Snapshot Properties. The Edit Snapshot dialog appears.
b. Type a new snapshot Name and meaningful description, and click OK. The snapshot name changes in the upper pane and its description is displayed next to the snapshot preview in the lower pane.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots 5. Apply snapshots to the Graphic Viewer – this step enables you to set the display in the Graphic
Viewer as captured previously in a snapshot.
a. Select a snapshot in the upper pane.
b. Click the arrow of Apply Snapshot.
c. Select the options you wish to apply. Point of View is checked and applied by default.
d. Click or double-click the snapshot listing in the upper pane to apply them to the Graphic Viewer. The Graphic Viewer jumps to the view recorded in the selected snapshot.
Note: When applying snapshots, the system applies only the options you set in the previous step. You can change these options at any time.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots e. Select other snapshot listings in the upper pane and click again to apply them to the Graphic
Viewer.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots 6. If you wish to delete a snapshot, select its listing in the upper pane and click Delete Snapshot.
The selected snapshot is removed from the Snapshot Editor.
7. If you set Object Attachments in the snapshot apply properties, any object attached to an object in the snapshot moves together with the first object:
a. Create a snapshot and name it Attached.
b. In the Attached snapshot, create an attachment between two displayed objects in one of the following ways:
Click Modeling→Attach. The Attach dialog appears.
Click Kinematics→Mount Tool. The Mount Tool dialog appears.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots c. Apply the Attached snapshot to the Graphic Viewer. This snapshot contains the attachment
information.
d. Click Tools→Placement→Placement Manipulator to open the Placement Manipulator and move one of the objects. If the object is a device, use Kinematics→Joint Jog instead.
e. Select one of the attached objects and use the Placement Manipulator or Joint Jog to move it.
Both objects move.
f. Create a snapshot without any attachment information and name it Unattached.
g. Apply the Unattached snapshot to the Graphic Viewer. The attachment is cancelled when applying the snapshot.
h. Select one of the objects and use the Placement Manipulator or Joint Jog to move it. Only the selected object moves – the previously-attached object remains stationary.
i. Apply the Attached snapshot to the Graphic Viewer - the attachment is restored.
8. You can update a snapshot so that it records the current display in the Graphic Viewer, as follows:
a. Select the snapshot you wish to update.
b. Set up the objects in the Graphic Viewer as you wish to record them.
c. Click Update Snapshot. The selected snapshot now records the image currently displayed in the Graphic Viewer.
d. You can apply the snapshot and see the changes.
9. You can mark up a snapshot, as follows:
a. Select a snapshot and click Add Markup. The Markup Editor appears with the selected snapshot loaded.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots b. Use the markup tools to add information.
c. Click to save the snapshot as a JPG file. The system prompts you for a file name and path.
d. Click Close to overwrite the selected snapshot in the Snapshot Editor.
Note: When displaying the snapshot in the preview pane, the markup icon is also displayed to indicate that you have marked up this snapshot.
10. You can also edit the markup of a snapshot that already contains markup, as follows:
a. Select a snapshot and click Add Markup.
b. Change the markup.
c. Click to save the snapshot as a JPG file. The system prompts you for a file name and path.
d. Click Close to overwrite the selected snapshot in the Snapshot Editor.
Basic Tasks Recording Information in Snapshots 11. To remove markup, select a snapshot and click Remove Markup. The markup is removed.
Note: There is no markup icon in the preview pane.
References
For additional information on the features described in this procedure, refer to the following topics in the RobotExpert Reference Manual:
View→Viewers→Snapshot Editor
View→Viewers→Snapshot Editor→Markup Editor
Modeling→Attach
Kinematics→Mount Tool
Basic Tasks Attaching Parts to a Resource