Visual Components
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{{Infobox software
| name = Visual Components
| logo = Visual components logo new.png
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| developer = Visual Components Oy
| released = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| discontinued =
| latest release version = Visual Components 4.10
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|11|18}} {{cite web|url=https://www.visualcomponents.com/blog/introducing-visual-components-4-10-design-beyond-limits/ |title=Introducing Visual Components 4.10 |date=Nov 18, 2024}}
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| operating system = Microsoft Windows
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| language = English, German, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Mandarin (Chinese)
| genre = Simulation software
| license = Proprietary
| website = {{URL|visualcomponents.com}}
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Visual Components is a developer of 3D simulation software for manufacturing. Visual Components software is used for applications including layout planning, production simulation, off-line programming and PLC verification.
History
Visual Components was founded 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. The company philosophy was to make manufacturing design and simulation technology easy to use and accessible to manufacturing organizations of all sizes.
Visual Components’ first product was a layout configuration and visualization tool for JOT Automation, a Finnish supplier of automated test and assembly solutions. Visual Components and KUKA have since released additional software in the fields of robot simulation, programming and 3D design.{{Cite web |title=A world leader in 3D simulation |url=https://www.visualcomponents.com/about-us/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=Visual Components |language=en-US}}
In December 2017, KUKA announced the acquisition of Visual Components. Following the announcement, a statement was made by KUKA that Visual Components remain a hardware neutral simulation platform, and would continue to support and expand its list of robot models, currently 1,200+ models from 30+ robot brands.
In November 2022, it was announced Visual Components had acquired the robotics division of the Espoo-headquartered company, Delfoi - a provider of robot offline programming (OLP) software solutions worldwide.{{Cite web |title=Visual Components acquires Delfoi's robotics division - Machinery Market News |url=http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/33387/Visual-Components-acquires-Delfois-robotics-division |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Machinery Market}} This acquisition led to the development of the Robotics OLP products, which were released in September 2023.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-29 |title=Visual Components: Premiere für innovative Roboter-Programmiersoftware auf der Schweissen & Schneiden |url=https://automationspraxis.industrie.de/news/visual-components-premiere-fuer-innovative-roboter-programmiersoftware-auf-der-schweissen-schneiden/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Automationspraxis |language=de}}
Release history
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| Year
! Product name |
|---|
| 2000
| 3DVideo |
| 2000
| 3DRealize |
| 2003
| 3DRealize R |
| 2004
| 3DCreate |
| 2010
| 3DSimulate |
| 2012
| 3DAutomate |
| 2016
|Visual Components 4.0: - Essentials - Professional - Premium |
| 2023
|Visual Components Robotics OLP: - Robotics OLP - Professional OLP - Premium OLP |