Visual Components 4.x Products

Essentials

Visual Components Essentials is our core manufacturing simulation product. Design, build, and simulate your factory of the future using ready-made components.

Professional

Visual Components Professional is our component creation solution. Define and create your own components to simulate in our 3D world. It includes everything in Essentials and gives you the tools to model and create your own components.

Premium

Virtualize your factory with Visual Components Premium, our complete manufacturing simulation solution. It includes everything in Essentials and Professional, plus more features for advanced robotics and virtual commissioning applications.

Robotics OLP

The next generation offline robot programming software. Program your robots for welding, processing, spraying and more processes regardless of your robot brand.

Professional OLP

Professional and Robotics OLP combined.

Premium OLP

Premium and Robotics OLP combined.

Details

3D Layout Configuration

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

Use our eCatalog with over 2,700 pre-defined and ready-to-use components from leading industrial automation brands to create production simulations.

CAD File Import

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

Import 2D Drawings

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

CAD Attribute Reader

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

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

Statistics

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

Simple Robotics

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

Sales Content Creation

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

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

All OLP Programming Tools

Programming tools for all processes including welding, processing, coating

All Post Processors

17 robot brands and 40+ controllers

Multi-Robot Support

Needed for syncronised motion of multiple robots

Process Modeling

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

PLC Connectivity

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

Component Modeling

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

Pre-Built Wizards

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

Basic Solid Geometry

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

Geometry Simplification

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

KUKA OLP Solution

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

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

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

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.

Siemens S7 – PLC Connectivity

Connect your simulations and communicate with physical S7-1200 controllers and S7-PLCSIM at faster speeds.

WinMOD and SIMIT Connectivity

Test your simulations with several industrial controllers through connections with real-time behavioral simulation software – WinMOD and SIMIT.

Geometrical CAD data for Robot Paths

Create well-structured data of geometry surfaces, curves, and curve loops from imported CAD files and develop custom robot paths for different applications.

Path Statements

Quickly teach and simulate paths of positions with robots for applications like robot welding, machine tending, paint, and water jet operations, sealing, and cutting.

Paint Process Visualization

Visualize the application of paint on surfaces and measure coat thickness.

FBX Exporter

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

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

Interactive VR

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

Web Viewer for custom HMIs

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

Omniverse Connector

The Omniverse connector allows simulations to be converted to USD format and run in NVIDIA's Omniverse virtual space.