Welding path quality evaluation

Purpose

Learn how the quality of the welding path is being analyzed and displayed.

Load the project Arcwelding_BasicProgrammed.cendoc from the Projects folder of this tutorial library.

Steps

1. Welding path quality

1.1 Open the Evaluation criteria

Open the Active program dashboard and pick the Toolpath quality tab. Open the Evaluation criteria container. Here you will find all criteria that are applied to evaluate and measure the welding path quality.

Evaluation criteria

1.2 Display welding path incidents

The result of the analysis — called incidents in case of not fulfilling the criteria — can be displayed. In the top row for each criterion this can be turned on or off. In case of a breach, the effect is immediately shown in color on the incident icon and in the program flow chart.

Welding path incidents

1.3 Show collision incidents

To display collision incidents, the collision analysis in the simulation toolbar needs to be switched on.

Welding path incidents

1.4 Enable or disable individual criteria

Individual criteria can be turned off or on to be part of the welding path quality analysis. Only the Reachability and Singularity analysis are activated by default and always executed — they cannot be turned off.

Quality analysis

1.5 Activate quality display on the 3D welding path

In the Display filters panel, open the Toolpath and operations container. Activate the quality display on the 3D welding path. This will color the welding path elements according to their incident level.

Quality display in 3D

1.6 Change the incident display level

There are three levels to display incidents — from showing all incident levels up to showing only failure incidents. When multiple incidents have been detected, the color of the highest level is applied to indicate.

Display incident level

1.7 Modify criteria range dynamically

Change the criteria values of the Work angle deviation with the sliders or by entering new values and notice that the analysis is executed dynamically. The incidents are reported immediately.

Modify criteria range

1.8 View incidents in the Toolpath dashboard

Open the Toolpath dashboard. Notice that the incidents are displayed here as well. Turning one on or off is applied in both dashboards. Hovering over an incident shows a small window with the incident information — also available on the 3D welding path element.

Incidents