Software for Animation and Graphic Visualization of Mechatronic Elements and Control Process of FMS

Abstract

The issue of graphical visualization of the simulation, animation and design of mechatronic elements and control process in the example of the mechanical assembly shop of the flexible manufacture system (FMS), which is considered a complex technical system, is set. The purpose of the work is the development of graphics-mode software that provides computer experiments of 2D, 3D designer-modeling, animation and graphic visualization of the interface for evaluating the feasibility of the design process of the flexible mechanical assembly cell (FMAC) As the main research issues, the construction of the 2D and 3D grouping scheme of the static and dynamic elements of the research object, the development of 3D software for the animation models of the activities of its active elements, and the development of the generalized software for the graphic visualization of the interface for the design of the management system were set. Based on the issues raised, the 3D grouping scheme of static and dynamic elements of the FMAC was established, the positioning coordinates of the 2D static and dynamic elements of the FMAC were determined in the PROOF Animation system, the analysis of the technological process of the FMS was carried out to build an animation model, and the animation movements of technological operations were MOVE (management unguided movement) or PATH (guided movement) operators. An animation model of the static and dynamic active elements of the FMAC was built, experiments were conducted, and as a result, it was possible to calculate a technological cycle in the research object and determine the productivity of the workshop. The software for the graphic visualization of the design of the control system of the FMAC was developed, and the procedures and operations of each software module of the interface were planned.