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Set Default Values

In one sentence: Set the default velocity, acceleration, and continuity applied to all subsequently inserted trajectory waypoints.

Overview

Workbench: Robot
Menu: Robot → Set Default Values
Shortcut: none

Deprecated workbench

The Robot workbench is deprecated as of FreeCAD 1.0.

Opens a dialog to configure the default motion parameters for new waypoints: velocity, acceleration, and continuity (stop vs fly-through).

When to use it

  • Before recording waypoints, to set the motion speed for the path segment.
  • When switching between slow precision moves and fast transit moves.

Step-by-step

  1. Choose Robot → Set Default Values.
  2. In the dialog, set:
  3. Velocity — percentage of max speed or mm/s for LIN moves.
  4. Acceleration — percentage of max acceleration.
  5. Continuity — whether the robot stops exactly at each waypoint (stop) or flies through at speed (continuous).
  6. Click OK.
  7. All subsequently inserted waypoints inherit these defaults.

Parameters

Parameter Description
Velocity Percentage of maximum speed (0–100%) or absolute speed in mm/s for LIN moves
Acceleration Percentage of maximum acceleration
Continuity Stop (exact point stop) or fly-through (continuous blending)

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