Visual Components Manufacturing Simulation

The next generation of 3D manufacturing simulation technology. Designed for manufacturing professionals and built on a powerful, flexible, and scalable platform.


Powerful

Use powerful simulations to help you see, understand, and plan your manufacturing processes better.

Productive

Design, analyze, improve, and validate your manufacturing layouts using Visual Components, so you can make decisions quicker.

More Visual

Visual

Manage processes easily by showing them visually, making complicated tasks easier to handle with simple, easy-to-understand UI.


Find the right product for your application

Whether you’re looking for a tool to quickly design and present production solutions, we’ve got you covered. Check out our family of 3D manufacturing simulation products.

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3D Layout Configuration

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Configure layouts quickly by using simple drag-and-drop & plug-and-play features. Use your CAD data or our free eCatalog with hundreds of ready-made models.

eCatalog

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Use our eCatalog with over 3,000 pre-defined and ready-to-use components from leading industrial automation brands to create production simulations.

CAD File Import

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Import CAD models directly into the Visual Components 3D world. Most major file formats and extensions are supported.

Import 2D Drawings

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Import 2D drawings of your current layouts into the 3D world and set up your simulations on top.

CAD Attribute Reader

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CAD Attribute Reader reads the attributes of 2D CAD drawings and generates 3D models based on the properties. The supported formats are Autodesk DWG and DXF files.

Point Cloud

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Import point cloud models of your facilities directly into the 3D world and configure layouts inside them.

Statistics

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Create, modify, and visualize custom simulation data in the statistics dashboard.

Robot Simulation

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Define, model, and program your robot behavior with simple and easy-to-use robot teaching tools.

Sales Content Creation

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Easily create and export your 3D simulations as high-quality images and videos up to 4K quality, as interactive 3D PDFs or 2D drawings with BoM.

VC Experience

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Share and experience the simulations in virtual reality or on your smartphones.

OLP Programming Tools

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Fast, reliable and accurate offline programming tools for multiple processes including welding, processing and spraying

Post Processors

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17 robot brands and 40+ controllers

Multi-Robot Support

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Programming of robot systems with more than one robot. Enables coordination of multiple simultaneously executed robot programs and features such as full synchro welding, robot-as-a-workpiece-positioner and shared external axes.

Process Modeling

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Define and manage the products, processes, and process flows in your layouts with simple, easy, and visual workflows.

PLC Connectivity

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Connect simulations with your control system using platform-independent OPC-UA or supported vendor-specific interfaces.

Component Modeling

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Bring your CAD files to life and customize them with behaviors and properties to build your personalized library of components.

Pre-Built Wizards

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Activate CAD files for the 3D world faster with pre-built wizards that automate configuration for many component types.

Basic Solid Geometry

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Create simple 3D geometries and modify imported CAD files with this basic CAD modeling toolkit.

Geometry Simplification

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Reduce file sizes and improve simulation performance with the automated geometry simplification tool.

Interactive VR

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Dive into your simulations in Virtual Reality and interact with different elements in the layout.

KUKA.Sim AddOn

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Program your KUKA robots, simulate and connect directly to KUKA virtual and physical controllers through Visual Components. Visualize digital twins and improve your virtual commissioning tasks with more accurate cycle times and robot paths.

Doosan Robot Connectivity

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Connect your simulations with Doosan robot controllers directly through Visual Components. Visualize digital twins and carry out virtual commissioning with more accurate cycle times and robot paths.

ABB Robot Connectivity

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Connect your simulations with ABB robot controllers directly through Visual Components. Visualize digital twins and carry out virtual commissioning with more accurate cycle times and robot paths.

Fanuc Robot Connectivity

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Connect your simulations with Fanuc robot controllers directly through Visual Components. Visualize digital twins and carry out virtual commissioning with more accurate cycle times and robot paths.

Advanced PLCs Connectivity

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Rapidly interface with S7-1200 controllers, S7-PLCSIM, and sync with real-time simulation software like WinMOD and SIMIT for enhanced testing

FBX Exporter

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Quickly create and share designs by exporting them in the FBX format. This includes the ability to export the structures of your 3D objects, such as skeletons and joint limits. Additionally, you can also export animations, providing a more dynamic and interactive view of your designs.

VRC Connectivity for UR and Stäubli

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Connect to Universal Robot and Stäubli CS8, and CS9 controllers to create/modify robot programs and verify cycle times.

Web Viewer for custom HMIs

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Share your concepts and plans more effectively using custom HMIs in Visual Components 3D workspace and/or VC experience using streaming features and web viewer

Interested?

See for yourself how Visual Components 3D manufacturing simulation solutions can help you save time, reduce costs, and improve production performance!

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