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Tool declaration settings
Recommendation then... If you want to change...
Tools are automatically
named
tool
followed by a
running number, for example
tool10
or
tool21
.
You are recommended to
change this to something
more descriptive such as gun,
gripper or welder.
Note
If you change the name of a
tool after it is referenced in
any program you must also
change all occurrences of that
tool.
tap on the Name field and
change name using the soft
keyboard that appears.
the name of the tool
Tools should be global, if it
should be available to all the
modules in the program.
select the preferred scope
from the
Scope drop-down
list.
the scope
Tool variables must always
be persistent.
select the value from the
Storage Type drop-down list.
the storage type
select the value from the Task
drop-down list.
the task
select the module in which
this tool should be declared
from the
Module drop-down
list.
the module
select the value from the
Routine drop-down list.
the routine
select the value from the Di-
mension drop-down list.
the size of the data array's
axes
Note
The created tool is not useful until you define the tool data (TCP coordinates,
orientation, weight, and so on). For more details, see
Editing the tool data on
page 146 and Load identification service routine on page 185 .
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6 Programming and testing
6.6.3 Creating a tool
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