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Import Data: Position List

The Position List is a List Segment-Type.

You use the Data Transfer Table to import your data to the Position List segment.

Other List Segment-Types are Z-Raw-Data and Acceleration-List

STEP 1.Add a new Motion

Add New Motion

See also Add Motion

STEP 2.Delete Segments

Frequently, the motion is one segment, which is the Position-List segment.

In that case:

1.Delete three segments from the default motion-law.

See Delete Segment

STEP 3.Change the Motion-Law to Position-List segment

In the Motion-Law Selector:

1.Select Position List

STEP 4.Load the data into the Data Transfer Table

1.Open the Data Transfer Table

2.Click the cell in the first row and left column of the Data Transfer Table

To get data into the Data-Transfer Table:

3a : Copy & Paste data from your clipboard into the Data Transfer Table

3a : Use the toolbar icon Load Data from a CSV or TXT file-type

3a : Get Segment-Data or Get Motion Data from a different Motion name-tab.

Motion-values (data) are now in the Data Transfer Table.

STEP 5.Transfer the data from the Data Transfer Table to the Position List segment-type.

To transfer a column of data to the Position-List segment

1.Click the header at the top of the column you want to transfer as the Position-List

2.Click Put Data in the Data Transfer Table toolbar.

Data Transfer Table toolbar

Note : The Get Data and Put Data icons show only when the segment is a List Segment-Type.

To transfer fewer points to the Position-List Segment

1.CLICK the cell with the first data-point you want to paste

2.SHIFT+CLICK a cell below* (a minimum of 6 data-points) with the last data-point you want to paste

When the cells are active:

3.Click Put Data in the Data Transfer Table toolbar.

Note : The Get Data and Put Data icons show only when the segment is a List Segment-Type.

STEP 6.SCALE the data.

After you transfer the data, the motion-values are equal to the actual values in your data.

However, you can also scale the data.

To scale the data:

If the actual First and Last data points are EQUAL:

Scale-Factor and Position-List
Use when First = Last data point.

1.Open the Segment Editor

2.Expand Segment Parameters

3.Edit the Scale Factor parameter.

4.Optionally, edit the Start Position to offset the data on the Y-axis

Notes:

If required, to see the Segment Parameters, expand and collapse the Segment Motion-Law .

A Scale Factor = 1 scales the data to the actual minimum and maximum values.

We scale for you the Velocity, Acceleration and Jerk values.

If the actual First and Last data points are NOT EQUAL

SEGMENT EDITOR : Start and End Positions of a Position-List segment

1.Start the Segment Editor or Blend-Point-Editor

2.Edit the Start-Position and End-Position

Motion-Law: Position-List

Motion-Law: Position-List

Import Data: Position List