A UNIVERSAL DIGITAL TWIN FOR MECHANICAL AND AUTOMATION ENGINEERING

For sales visualization, concept simulation, virtual commissioning and as real-time 3D HMI.

BEST PERFORMANCE

Real-Time 3D, an integrated physics engine, and photorealistic visualization based on the leading Unity game engine.

ENABLE YOUR BUSINESS

Make the Digital Twin your own property and integrate it into your own solution. Define your own business model based on the Digital Twin and deliver the Digital Twin freely to your customers.

A DIGITAL TWIN FOR ALL PLATTFORMS

Deploy your Digital Twin on Windows, Linux, Android or IOS, based on one development base.

OPEN AND EXTANDABLE

Based on the open Unity development environment with infinite solutions and resources available from hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide.

Free Demo

Training

Free Webcast

"In search of alternatives to the well-known big providers of software solutions for digital twins, I came across Game4Automation. Not only the price is convincing with this asset, it simply works really well and is very performant in visualization even with complex and large simulations! I had no experience with Unity before and still had no problems with the implementation of my first digital twin."

"The best part is that G4A along with Unity can easily handle huge complex CAD simulations without losing performance which the other softwares in market fail to deliver."

"We just did a pilot with a bigger line for virtual commissioning. This is a very good asset. The guys now what they do. Compared with another Digital Twin asset on the asset store and with a lot of very expensive non Unity based solutions this is for sure one of the best solutions. Not only for virtual commissioning. You can do so many things with this."

"Congratulations! This is a fantastic product. I'm just starting to develop a digital twin and this is superb. Well done!"

"Great support and very useful for the communication with a plc without writing the whole c# scripts on your own. It has also a good documentation and a demo for the first steps with the asset."

"Powerfull tool for creating a digital twin. If you also compare the license costs with other products, this asset is a real benefit for anyone who deals with the topic of virtual commissioning."

"As a university, we repeatedly test software, tools and assets we can use for our projects or in teaching. Unity offers many possibilities that industrial software does not offer. If you also compare the license costs with other products, this asset is a real benefit for anyone who deals with the topic of virtual commissioning."

"Ich bin sehr beeindruckt von Game4Automation! Was ich bis jetzt sehe ist das genau das was Maschinenprogrammierer vorrangig benötigen: ein Test des Maschinenprograms ohne die echte Maschine. Jeder der schon mal in dieser Situation war weiss das zu schätzen."

"I am in the robotics manufacturing field and this asset completed a digital twin loop for my process."

"This asset is very powerful, it has many features constantly updated and it is open. Additionaly it is cheaper than any other software for simulation. I suggest it to everyone, but especially for simulation developers that want to create a new concept of digital twin that merge the automation world with the gaming world."

VIRTUAL COMMISSIONING WITH GAME4AUTOMATION

Virtual Commissioning with Game4Automation includes a free development framework for the visualization and virtual commissioning of automated systems. Game4automation is based on Unity, a popular commercial game development environment that includes support for VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality).

The open source Game4automation platform can be acquired from the Unity Asset Store and provides all necessary components to power up a digital twin with Unity. The platform includes CAD interfaces (CAD-Live-Link), drives, sensors and interfaces for industrial automation systems.

The digital twin integrates as a Unity module in your own Windows, iOS or Android applications - FOR FREE

Increase your odds and play for free!

USE CASES

High end 3D visualization of automation solutions

Cooperative engineering, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Applying the 3D models to virtual commissioning and control testing

3D HMI and integration of the digital twin into your own solution.

PLAYFULL PERFORMANCE

With the Unity Game Engine, Game4automation offers unrivalled performance. Unity has already introduced modules that are only now in development for conventional engineering solutions. The combination of the software’s physical simulation with kinematic models, gives the environment a tremendous ability to simulate almost an unlimited amount of moving objects.

Boring visualization in CAD is in the past. Realistic shadows, surfaces, light reflections and textures can now be displayed - in real time.

FEATURES

CAD Interfaces
Step and 3MF updateable CAD interface
Interfaces based on PixYZ to Solidworks, Solidedge, NX, JT, Parasolid, Catia, ProE-Creo, Autocad

Mechatronic Components
Components for drives, gears, sensors, gripping, cylinders, buttons, lamps, signals and more.

Automation Interfaces
Simit (Profibus, Profinet), PLCSimAdvanced, S7-300 and S7-1500 (TCP-IP), TwinCAT, OPCUA and Modbus

Free Deployment
Free distribution of your digital twin on Android, IOs, Windows devices and on the Web (Standard Unity functions).

CAD PLAYS

Game4automation Professional includes CAD Link which allows to import the STEP and 3MF format which a lot of CAD Systems can export. The hierarchy shows which data has been changed by the mechanical designer. The 3D model in Unity updates automatically to changes in the mechanical design overwriting the additions in Unity.

With parts4cad you get access to millions of standard industrial components. parts4cad can be downloaded for free.

Addtional CAD formats can be imported by the use of PIXYZ like for example JT, AutoCAD 3D, Catia, NX, Solidworks, Solidedge, CreoPro / E. PiXYZ is not included in Game4automation and must be purchased separately.

GAME WITH OPEN CARDS

Game4automation includes interfaces to Simit, PLCSim Advanced and over TCP-IP to Siemens hardware such as. S7-300, S7-1500, Sinumerik and Simotion.

The behavioral model can be developed either in Simit or directly in Game4Automation based on templates in C #.

If required, the Profibus and Profinet fieldbus systems can be connected directly via Simit with the export of the hardware configuration from Step7 or TIA Portal.

AUTOMATION INTERFACES

Game4automation includes interfaces to Beckhoff TwinCAT, Simit, PLCSim Advanced and over TCP-IP to Siemens hardware such as. S7-300, S7-1500, Sinumerik and Simotion.

Countless other controllers can be connected thanks to Industry 4.0’s OPC UA protocol

The behavioral model can be developed either in Simit or directly in Game4Automation based on templates in C #.

If required, the fieldbus systems Profibus and Profinet can be connected directly via Simit via the export of the hardware configuration from Step7 or TIA Portal.

INTRALOGISTICS SIMULATION

The Game4Automation Conveyor Library extends Game4Automation Starter or Professional with parametric conveyor components. This allows intralogistics systems to be visualized, simulated and virtual commissioned.

Via the PLC interfaces included in Game4Automation Professional, real controllers from Siemens, Beckhoff or others can be connected to the simulation model.

PARAMETRIC CONVEYOR LIBRARY

The library is fully parametric and allows the fast setup of intralogistics systems with snap points.

All components are source code open and can be extended as desired. To build your own parametric components, Game4Automation Professional imports CAD Step data

The simulation of the material flow is extremely realistic based on the physics engine included in Unity. The simulation can be accelerated or slowed down up to 100 times. With the continuous realistic simulation, the control system can be realistically developed and tested.

VR AND AR READY

As Game4Automation is based on Unity, it delivers the best VR and AR experience. The digital twin can be experienced with devices such as HTC VIVE, OCULUS RIFT or the new Microsoft Hololens 2. Dive into your digital twin!

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OVERVIEW

SIEMENS PLCs

GET YOUR DIGITAL TWIN ON THE UNITY ASSET STORE

Game4Automation is licensed under the Unity Asset Store License Conditions.

Please note that a validUnity Unity license to use the Game4Automation platform and that Unity itself is NOT provided in our delivery. Unity is free for some private and non-commercial applications. For more information, please visit Unity's product page.

Starter-Version

€4,99

price excluding VAT
Full Game4Automation framework
Siemens S7 TCP-IP interface included
Access to all Siemens Hardware (S7-300,S7-400, S7-1200, S7-1500, Sinumerik and Simotion)
Purchase in the Unity Asset Store

Professional-Version

€699

price excluding VAT
Prefered support

Full Game4Automation framework

CADLink CAD Interfaced based on STEP and 3MF file

Siemens S7 TCP-IP interface included

Access to Siemens controller (S7-300,S7-400, S7-1200, S7-1500, Sinumerik und Simotion)

Additional OPCUA, Simit, PLCSimAdvanced, RoboDK, Modbus and TwinCAT Interface

TORTOISE GIT integration

Visual Scripting with PlayMaker

Purchase in the Unity Asset Stroe

Conveyor Library

€540

price excluding VAT
Fully parametric materials handling library

. Simulation and Virtual Commissioning

Starter or Professional required as base

Physical simulation of conveyor technology

Snap-Points

Open source code and extensible

Linear conveyors, curved conveyors (belt/roller)

Directional rollers

Chain trasfewr

Source, Sink

Research and Education Bundle

€2100

Price net excluding VAT.
20 Game4Automation Professional licenses
Non commercial usage
For research and education only

TRAINING AND SERVICE

The platform is made as user friendly and convenient as possible, but a wide range of additional services are also provided which will assist you in your progress with the tool. Please contact us with this form.

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OBJECTIVES AND SUPPORT

Game4Automation is a brand of in2Sight GmbH. With 18 years of experience in creating applications and distributing conventional simulation and commissioning software, it became evident that the game has to be redefined to meet today’s requirements. Unity gaming technology outperforms and supercedes commercial solutions from well-known providers in the PLM and Digital Factory environment in terms of performance, openness and user-friendliness.

It is mandatory to adapt to the new trends and to make new technologies manageable for mechanical design and industrial automation users, and we are committed to a new open and service-focused approach without innovation-inhibiting and costly sales structures.

Game4Automation is perfect for tech savvy users who want more than off-the-shelf "out-of-the-box" software.