Steps to be Performed in Motion Sizer
Optional Preparatory Step: Creating and Configuring a Working Directory
You can create your own working directory. This is a folder where system projects are saved on your local PC when they are opened for editing. If you do not configure your own working directory as described in the following steps, the default directory is used by Motion Sizer.
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By using the Windows Explorer, create an empty folder on the local disk of your PC. Example: Local disk C:\Work\MotionSizer. |
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Start Motion Sizer. |
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Make sure that no system project is open. |
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Click the Options button from the toolbar. Result: The User preferences dialog box opens. |
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In the User preferences dialog box, select the ToolCollaboration view. |
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In the ToolCollaboration view, paste the path to the local folder you created to the Working Copy Base Path field, or click the folder button to navigate to the folder. Example: C:\Work\MotionSizer. |
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Click Apply to confirm the selected folder. |
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Click OK to close the dialog box. |
Prerequisite: Creating a System Location Folder for Saving System Projects
Create a system location folder that is a folder that acts as system repository where system projects are saved to allow access by different users or from different software programs:
oIn order to work individually on a system project and to open it in different software programs, such as EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder or Motion Sizer, you can create a folder on your local PC.
Example: Local disk C:\Exchange_local
Creating a New System Project for Sharing a Cam Diagram
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In Motion Sizer, click the Open System Explorer button from the toolbar. Result: The System Explorer dialog box opens. |
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Enter the path to the system location folder in the System Location box. Example as created in step Prerequisite: C:\Exchange_local) |
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Click the Create System Project button. |
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In the Create System part of the System Explorer dialog box, enter the System Name, for example, System1 and the optional System Description, and click the Create button. Result: The new system project System1 is added to the list of SYSTEM PROJECTS on the left-hand side of the System Explorer dialog box. |
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Click the Add Current Project button. Results: oThe open Motion Sizer project is added to the system project System1. oThe System Explorer dialog box closes. |
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In the Motion Sizer Project Explorer, right-click an Axis node, and execute the Add CAM diagram command. Result: A CamDiagram node is added below the Axis node. |
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Configure the movement of your axis in the cam diagram according to your individual requirements. |
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Click the Save button from the toolbar to save the Motion Sizer project to the local working directory. |
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Click the Save to Repository button from the toolbar to save the Motion Sizer project as part of the system project System1 to the system location folder. Result: The cam diagram has been published to the system repository and is therefore available for use in other software programs as for example, the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder. |
