Visual PathBuilder software for Janome Robots

Visual PathBuilder is a CAD/CAM editor software and visual programming environment for Janome® Desktop and SCARA robots and can be used for automatic generation of toolpaths and waypoints for various applications like dispensing, tightening, soldering, etc. The software works like a 3D CAD application with DXF, DWG, IGES, STL, OBJ, Gerber RS274D and Gerber RS274X vector and bitmap graphics import and export features and the ability to create instant working robot programs.
The software imports existing CAD models of your workpieces into project files where toolpaths and waypoints can be easily specified by a few mouse clicks. Toolpaths are constructed by using standard graphical elements like lines, arcs or circles. Order and direction of toolpaths can be freely specified. The integrated simulation feature allows testing programs without having a robot connected.

• Create a new project file is created and select your robot model.
• If available, existing CAD designs or models of the workpiece are imported into Visual PathBuilder. Otherwise you can use the CAD engine of Visual PathBuilder to draw toolpaths manually.
• Within the plotted maximum procedure range in the 3D area paths, working points and waypoints are drawn visually. Alternatively, already existing outlines in a CAD design can be converted into toolpaths fully automatically.
• By specifying one or two reference points the system will compute offset-values and deviation angle in order to adjust the CAD coordinates with the machine coordinates.
• The specified tasks are translated into a robot program automatically without user interaction.
• The robot program is sent to the machine via serial connection.