3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY

Create, simulate, validate, and optimize your entire factory with a 3D virtual twin

What is 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY?

Data-Driven Manufacturing Excellence

Modern manufacturing facilities need to operate with maximum agility and efficiency. For that, companies need to make fast, low-risk, high-impact decisions about how their factories are setup and run. 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY allows companies to plan and optimize plant layouts, workflows, and resources in a risk-free virtual environment before execution.

Create a 3D digital twin of the factory using real-world data, for simulations that cover manufacturing processes, operations, maintenance, and ergonomics. This data-driven approach ensures the well-informed decision making that creates industry leadership.

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY is part of the DELMIA manufacturing software portfolio.

“We chose a 3D EXPERIENCE Works Simulation solution because it’s cloud-based, which supports our remotely located engineering organization, works seamlessly with SOLIDWORKS design data, and incorporates the Abaqus Explicit solver, which is best suited for the types of simulation studies that we need to conduct on our parts, which can involve hyperelasticity, creep, fatigue, and contact.”

– Thomas Morgan
Design Engineer

Morgan Polymer Seals quote about GoEngineer and the 3DEXPERIENCE SImulia tools

HIGHLIGHTS

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY is a digital twin approach to manufacturing process optimization.

It Starts with the Factory Digital Twin

The digital twin of your factory is a 3D representation of the layout and behavior of all the manufacturing personnel, equipment, and materials in your facilities.

It's the low-risk, low-cost way to compare and validate any manufacturing plans before they go live, a powerful competitive advantage.

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY accounts for machine and human alike in process analysis and optimization.

Manufacturing Process Optimization

Virtual plant layout and equipment configuration is a powerful predictive tool for increasing production efficiency:

  • Recognize design flaws early
  • Uncover reachability issues
  • Identify bottlenecks, deadlocks, and collisions
  • Optimize maintenance scheduling
  • Verify manufacturability

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY enables the best use of company resources.

Wiser Capital Investment

An "as-is" analysis on the digitized shop floor creates a data-driven starting point from which to conduct "what-if" comparative analyses.

Improve floor space utilization before physically moving or purchasing any equipment with validation in silico.

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY simulations provide the data you need to make informed choices.

Actionable Resource Flow Analytics

By defining production equipment, line behavior, material flow logic, and robot and human tasks, it's possible to design and test material flow scenarios against KPIs, from the station to factory level.

3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY enables a powerful virtual commissioning process.

Risk-free Factory Systems Deployment

Virtual commissioning is the simulated commissioning of the new layout, equipment, tooling, and sensors in the virtual factory environment before real-world deployment.

Performance can be validated and any issues can be addressed right away, without ever interrupting production.

3DEXPERIENCE NC PROGRAMMING Feature Matrix

NC Programming Wizard

CAD-Associative Instant Update

Quick Toolpath Verification

Machining Process Simulation

Prismatic Machining

WireEDM Programming (2-Axis & 4-Axis)

4- & 5-Axis Indexing/Pre-Positioning Milling

Single- & Multi-Stylus Probe Operations

3-Axis Milling

High-Speed Rough Milling

Advanced 3-Axis Milling

4- & 5-Axis Milling (5-Axis Nurbs APT Output)

2-Axis Turning

Mill-Turn Machining


Swiss Machine

Robot Programming


CASE STUDY

Learn how Morgan Polymer Seals utilized 3DEXPERIENCE Works Simulation to meet electric vehicle market boom.

Learn how Morgan Polymer Seals accelerated their seal development to meet electric vehicle market demand with 3D EXPERIENCE Works Simulation.

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  • DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE Factory Simulation Engineer

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Factory Simulation Engineer

  • Build, define, and simulate the operation of your 3D virtual factory layouts. Validate and compare performance of multiple production lines.
  • Key Features:
    - Define/import layout and manufacturing processes
    - Visualize material flow
    - Predict production rate, utilization rate, bottlenecks, collisions, and deadlocks
    - Optimize layouts, pathing, maintenance, calendar shifts, and more
    - Include random events (failure, missing parts, etc.)
    - Robot and human behavior and pathing
    - Advanced AGV traffic management
    - Devise alternative factory configurations for batch "what-if" analyses
    - KPI monitoring, analysis, and reporting
  • Typically used by:
    - Plant layout & equipment designer
    - Manufacturing engineer
    - Process planner
    - Industrial engineer
  • DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE Shop Floor Equipment Engineer

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Shop Floor Equipment Engineer

  • Using existing CAD geometry, quickly and intuitively build simulation models of the shop floor equipment in your virtual factory. Configure kinematics and key characteristics for use in factory layout, programming, and simulation.
  • Key Features:
    - Design and manage product structure
    - Create and validate kinematic models of manufacturing devices including NC machines, clamps, tools, conveyors, and complex robots
    - Define motion constraints and leverage inverse kinematics
    - Define motion controllers and manage motion groups
    - Customize controller attributes through profiles
    - Define the work envelope for robot devices
  • Typically used by:
    - Machine programmer
    - Manufacturing engineer/manager
    - Production manager
    - Engineering manager
    - Plant layout & equipment designer
    - Process planner
    - Industrial engineer
  • 3DEXPERIENCE DELMIA Virtual Commissioning Analyst

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Virtual Commissioning Analyst

  • Validate your equipment and sensors' PLC programs offline in your virtual factory environment, so that the real commission goes right the first time.
  • Key Features:
    - Create sensors, generate and transform parts for multicycle scenarios
    - Simulate mechanical, electrical, and control systems to validate workcell behavior for function and safety
    - 3D sensor modeling capabilities in the realistic virtual factory allow input and output for PLC-simulation interaction
    - Supports Open Platform Communication (OPC) to control simulations with PLC ladder logic
    - Supports Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI)
  • Typically used by:
    - Machine programmer
    - Manufacturing engineer/manager
    - Production manager
    - Engineering manager
  • DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE Plant Layout Designer

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Plant Layout Designer

  • Build new and existing 3D shop floor layouts for your virtual factory, enabling layout validation and optimization on the digital twin.
  • Key Features:
    - Import 2D factory layout drawings
    - Import 3D point cloud data of an existing facility (on-premise only)
    - Pick and place ready-to-use parametric and non-parametric resources from the catalog
    - Manipulate resources in the 3D space with ease
    - Categorize resources and define hierarchy
  • Typically used by:
    - Plant layout & equipment designer
    - Manufacturing engineer
    - Process planner
    - Industrial engineer
  • DELMIA 3DEXPERIENCE Machine & Tooling Designer

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Machine & Tooling Designer

  • Design your shop floor equipment and build simulation models for their virtual factory counterparts. Configure kinematics and key characteristics for use in factory layout, programming, and simulation.
  • Key Features:
    - Design shop floor equipment from scratch (or modify existing design data) using CATIA 3D CAD tools
    - Design and manage product structure
    - Create and validate kinematic models of manufacturing devices including NC machines, clamps, tools, conveyors, and complex robots
    - Define motion constraints and leverage inverse kinematics
    - Define motion controllers and manage motion groups
    - Customize controller attributes through profiles
    - Define the work envelope for robot devices
  • Typically used by:
    - Machine programmer
    - Manufacturing engineer/manager
    - Production manager
    - Engineering manager
    - Plant layout & equipment designer
    - Process planner
    - Industrial engineer
  • 3DEXPERIENCE DELMIA Robotic Workcell Simulation Engineer

    Part of the 3DEXPERIENCE VIRTUAL FACTORY portfolio

      Robotic Workcell Simulation Engineer

  • Design and validate complete robotic handle systems to ensure workcell feasibility before procuring expensive equipment.
  • Key Features:
    - Complete workcell validation
    - Advanced logic and I/O support in the simulation
    - Realistic Robot Simulation (RRS-I) for increased simulation accuracy
    - Create, validate, and reuse mechanisms with automated support
    - Calculate interference zones
    - Fast and easy robot placement
    - Robot simulation "on-the-go" (offline mode)
    - Create 3D parts or assemblies
  • Typically used by:
    - Engineering manager
    - Production manager
    - Manufacturing engineer/manager
    - Machine programmer

 

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