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The ABB WPS extension is used to assign welding points' parameters from the A33 sheet or a customized one from the comment above the point, to the welding command.
The plugin can compare X, Y and Z points' coordinates with the coordinates in the A33 sheet with the given distance tolerance.
To localize the welding command in the processed file the plugin uses a regular expression pattern.
Each welding command starts with the specific keyword: RZ_PTP, RZ_LIN, RZ_PTP_DZ, RZ_LIN_DZ, KE_PTP, KE_LIN, STP_PTP, STP_LIN.
Afterwards specific welding parameters are defined: point name - the same as robtarget variable, car type and welding index.
Welding command example
robtarget variable with point coordinates
The regular expression pattern has to be set in the editor global settings for the Welding point reader.
This pattern contains three mandatory named capturing groups:
- name - the name of the welding point and robtarget variable
- fzg - car type
- index - welding index
An example pattern might look as follows:
((RZ_(PTP|LIN)(_DZ)?)|(KE_(PTP|LIN))|(STP_(PTP_LIN)))
\s+
(?<name>[^,\s]+)
\s*,\s*
(?<fzg>[^,\s]+)
\s*,\s*
(?<index>[^,\s]+)
Welding point reader global settings