Exporting your RoboDK simulation to Blender

This section shows you how you can export your simulation in RoboDK to Blender.

Follow these steps to export your RoboDK simulation:

1.Click on the Blender export icon on the right side of the screen

2.Select “Existing program” and choose your main sequence program

3.Click on “Start” to begin recording

4.When your program ends, a window will appear, choose the folder you created earlier, then click “Save”

To import the exported RoboDK simulation to Blender, follow these steps:

1.Open Blender.

2.Use the “General” default template and delete included objects (the cube).

3.Optionally, open the system console Window➔Toggle System Console

4.Navigate to the scripting view and open the Python file ending with “_bpy.py”, +➔General➔Scripting➔Open.

5.Run the script with Scripting➔Run Script or Alt+P.

6.Wait for the script to complete (check the System console for activity). Depending on the size of the simulation, this process can take a few minutes.

Verify that the Blender export/import worked as intended:

1.Go into the “Layout” tab, you should see your robot station in the center

2.Look for the “Play” button at the bottom of the screen and click on it

3.The robot should start moving. If it’s not the case, go back to the exporting and importing steps to make sure you didn’t miss a step.