vcMotionPath

vcMotionPath is a base class for One Way Path and Two Way Path behaviors.

See in: Overview

Children: vcOneWayMotionPath, vcTwoWayMotionPath

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Properties

Learn how to use properties here. The properties are also inherited from the parent class.

Name	Type	Access	Description
Acceleration	Real	RW	Defines rate of acceleration (mm/s^2) for components moving on path. If zero, acceleration is not calculated.
Accumulate	Boolean	RW	Turns on/off pile-up of components moving on path. See more If True, components on the path stop moving when they encounter a blocked component. If False, components on the path stop moving when a component is blocked from exiting the path.
Deceleration	Real	RW	Defines rate of deceleration (mm/s^2) for components moving on path. If zero, deceleration is not calculated.
DetailCurveMotion	Boolean	RW	Turns on/off detailed movement of components to and from path, for example when moving from linear path to curved path. See more If True, bound box of component is used to avoid intersecting with other components. This might create a gap between components, for example components that are cylindrical. This also decreases simulation performance. You can disable DetailCurveMotion if components are cylindrical or if a slight intersection between components when transferring from linear to curved path is not a concern.
FastScheduling	Boolean	RW	Turns on/off the optimization of moving components on the path. See more If True, the path limits the amount of generated events, thereby improving simulation performance. If False, the path moves components at shorter increments, thereby increasing the amount of events and decreasing simulation performance.
Interpolation	vcInterpolationType	RW	Defines mode used by path to interpolate its waypoints set in Path property.
Path	List[vcFeatures.vcFrameFeature]	RW	Defines an ordered list of Frame features referenced as waypoints of path. If set, path is calculated based on its interpolation mode.
PathAxis	vcAxisAlignType	RW	Defines mode for calculating how much space a component occupies on path, See more thereby allowing the path to utilize its space and determine if one or more components are blocked if SpaceUtilization property is set to True. See vcAxisAlignType constants for more information.
PathLength	Real	R	Gets the length of path. That is, the distance from first to last waypoint along the path.
RetainOffset	Boolean	RW	Defines if a component entering, placed or grabbed by the path is snapped to and aligned with path's axis. See more If True, a component retains its offset while moving on path. If False, component is snapped to nearest point on path and its origin is aligned with calculated path.
SegmentSize	Real	RW	Defines the size of segments when path uses segmentation to move components to and from different sections of the path. See more If value is greater than zero, the number of path segments is calculated in order to determine the capacity of each segment based on total capacity of path. Therefore, components move on path based on the capacity of a proceeding segment.
Sensors	List[vcFeatures.vcComponentPathSensor]	RW	List of sensors connected to path, which must be either component path or process point type sensors.
SpaceUtilization	Boolean	RW	Defines if components accumulating on path are kept separate from one another and how new components enter path. See more If False, components may overlap one another and/or pile up side by side, which might be useful if RetainOffset is set to True.
Speed	Real	RW	Defines the speed (mm/s) of path.

Events

Learn how to use events here. The events are also inherited from the parent class.

Name	Parameters	Description
OnMotionChanged	vcComponent component, vcMotionState state	Triggered when the state of a component's motion changes on a path. If the state of a path is changed so that it affects the motion of all components on that path, this event is called for each of those components. See more Parameters: component (vcComponent): The componet that motion path state has changed. state (vcMotionState): The new component's motion path state.
OnPhysicalTransition	vcContainer container, vcComponent component, Boolean arrive_leave	Triggered when either a) the leading edge of a component enters path or b) the trailing edge of a component exits path. See more Parameters: container (vcContainer): The container argument is the current container of the component given in the component argument, which may not be the container of component at the time of the call since the component may have transitioned elsewhere. component (vcComponent): The component arrive_leave (Boolean): It is True if component is entering path; otherwise False means a component is exiting path.