Rockwell Automation Publication MOTION-UM002F-EN-P - February 2018 3
Summary of changes
This manual contains new and updated information. Use these reference tables to
locate new or changed information.
Grammatical and editorial style changes are not included in this summary.
Global changes
This table identifies changes that apply to all information about a subject in the
manual and the reason for the change. For example, the addition of new supported
hardware, a software design change, or additional reference material would result
in changes to all of the topics that deal with that subject.
Subject Reason
Updated organization throughout.
To incorporated the new geometries and coordinate systems that
support orientation.
New or enhanced features
This table contains a list of topics changed in this version, the reason for the
change, and a link to the topic that contains the changed information.
Topic Name Reason
Preface on page 11
Updated the list of motion coordinated motion
applications to include instructions that support
orientation.
Sample Projects on page 11
Updated the default location and how to access the
PDF file that explains how to work with sample
projects.
General tab on page 22
Geometry tab on page 25
Units tab on page 26
Offsets tab on page 27
Joints tab on page 29
Dynamics tab on page 30
Motion Planner tab on page 33
Tag tab on page 34
Removed graphics and updated the parameter
descriptions.
Determine the Coordinate System type on page 35
Moved this section to the first chapter and added the
new geometries.
Configure a Cartesian coordinate system on page 39
Added section to configure a Cartesian coordinate
system in the Coordinate System Properties dialog
box.
Program coordinate system with no orientation on page 42
Added section to describe how to program a
coordinate system with no orientation. Includes a list
of multi-
axis coordinated motion instructions to use.