[Project] Menu

Projects can be managed and built in the Epson RC+ 8.0 menu, [Project].

[Open Project] (Program Menu)

Opens an Epson RC+ 8.0 project.
Opening a project closes the open project. A message for confirming whether to save the changes appears.
When a project is opened with the [Read Only] checkbox selected, the force file cannot be edited.

[Edit Project] (Project Menu)

Set the force file to be used in the current project.
The "Force Control" is added to [Project Build].

Adding a New Force File

1. In the File Name field, enter the name of the force file you wish to create. Be sure to add extension ".frc" to the file name.
   Please use alphanumeric characters and underscores [_]. Note: The initial character cannot be a numeric character. note that
2. From [Project Build]- [Force Control], select the robot folder to be added .
3. Click the [Add] button.
   A message for confirming whether to create a new file appears. Click the [Yes] button.
   A file is created and added to the robot folder selected in [Project Build]-[Force Control].

Adding an Existing Force File to the Project

1. Select "Force (*.frc)" in the [File Type] box.
2. From [Project Build]- [Force Control], select the robot folder to be added .
3. From the list, select the name of the force file to be added to the project.
4. Click the [Add] button. The file is added to the robot folder selected in [Project Build]- [Force Control].

Removing a Force File

1. Select the file to be removed from the [Project Build] tree.
2. Click the [Remove] button. The file name is removed from the [Project Build] tree. Since the file is not deleted from the project folder, it is displayed in the file list.

Setting Default for a Force File

1. For each robot folder in [Project Build]- [Force Control], select the force file which you want to set as the default.
2. Click the [Set Default] button. The force file is set to the default of the listed robot.

Key Point

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• A common force file is a force file that can be used in all robots on the Controller. To use a common force file, you need to load it from the SPEL+ program using the FLoad command.
• A default force file is a force file that is automatically loaded to the robot when loading a project. One force file can be set to the default for each robot.

[Save Project] (Project Menu)

"Ctrl+S
The following items are saved. If nothing needs to be saved, this menu is displayed in gray and cannot be selected.

• Program file
• Include file
• Point File
• Force File
• I/O label
• User error

[Project Properties] (Project Menu)

[Project]-[Project Properties]-[Operator Settings]-[Robot Manager]

Set up Robot Manager.
To enable the operator to edit the force data when displaying the operator window, place a checkmark in the [Force Page] checkbox.