ISG virtuoso

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ISG-virtuos (also: virtuos)

Logo ISG-virtuoso
Basic data

developer ISG Industrial Control Technology GmbH
Publishing year 2005
Current  version 2.8 (2019)
operating system Windows7, Windows10, Linux
category System platform for digital twins and VIBN / real-time simulation software / hardware-in-the-loop simulation / digital twin
License Annual developer and runtime licenses
German speaking Yes
Others Real-time extensions Windows : TwinCAT2, TwinCAT3.1, RTX, VxWorks, Intime. Linux : RTLinux

Field bus systems CANopen EtherCAT, EthernetIP, FOCAS, PROFIBUS, PROFINETTemplate: Infobox software / maintenance / other

www.isg-stuttgart.de/virtuos

ISG-virtuos (also: "virtuos") is software for real-time simulation of machines and systems. The software is connected to the control instead of a machine, the communication between software and control system takes place under real-time conditions via standard field buses ( hardware-in-the-loop simulation). The software is mainly used to carry out virtual tests and commissioning both in the sequence (PLC) and in the motion control ( MC , RC, CNC ).

history

The foundations for virtuos were laid at the Institute for Control Technology for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Facilities (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart under the direction of Günter Pritschow . The idea was to build a virtual machine for the NC control test, taking into account the machine dynamics. The specialty: the simulation model should be calculated in the communication cycle of the drive bus (≤ 1 ms) in order to be able to test the control against the virtual machine without adapting it. This was implemented by Sascha Röck in the form of several prototypes.

In 2005 ISG Industrielle Steuerungstechnik GmbH began to develop virtuoso, initially under the direction of Röck and Ulrich Eger. The aim was to meet the foreseeable increasing demand in the areas of " digital factory / digital production" and "virtual system / virtual machine / virtual engineering " with a simulation tool that should enable the continuous real-time simulation of production systems in all phases of the machine development cycle. In the same year the first version of virtuos was released from May 14th to 21st. September 2005 presented at the EMO Hannover .

unique selling point

With the help of hardware-in-the-loop simulation, the machine / system behavior is calculated in hard real time (control cycle <1 ms). In addition, the virtual machines and systems ("digital twins") created with the tool are composed of virtual components that correspond to the real components in terms of interfaces, real-time control and parameterization.

Availability

The commercial software is distributed in the form of developer and runtime licenses by the Stuttgart-based ISG Industrielle Steuerungstechnik GmbH. The software is delivered via download.

Program structure and scope of functions

Program structure

The software that runs under Windows 7 (Win32 and Win64) and Windows 10 and Linux consists of the components virtuosM, virtuosV and virtuosS:

virtuosoM

  • graphic modeling and parameterization of the machine / system behavior
  • Monitoring of the simulation data
  • Construction of control panels for user interaction

virtuosV

  • 3D visualization of the virtual machines and systems
  • Transfer of CAD models for complete machines or components
  • Camera function; Structuring and scaling functions

virtuosoS

  • Real-time computing core for the time-deterministic calculation of the models

Range of functions

  • Creation of digital twins
  • I / O logic simulation, automatic I / O import
  • Kinematics simulation of open and closed kinematic chains
  • Simulation of drive and control systems, servo drives, frequency converters, positioning drives
  • Material flow simulation with interfaces to handling and processing systems
  • Simulation of complex tool magazines
  • Removal simulation
  • automatic generation of behavior models and 3D models from XML descriptions (external engineering tools)
  • 3D visualization
  • Test automation

Versions

Current version

Version 2.8 (2019)

Version table

V2.8 (2019)
  • Online library for modular simulation models for virtual commissioning (VIBN)
  • Revised, intuitive user interface
V2.4 (2017)
  • Parameterization of the material flow simulation in the 3D visualization
  • Real-time capable coupling of several computers
  • Cross-computer material flow
  • HiL simulation with B&R controls (Powerlink)
V2.3 (2016)
  • Real-time physics engine for material flow applications
  • UDP communication with the simulation model
  • TIA Portal connection to the automatic I / O import
  • Command API for external control of ISG-virtuos
  • Modules for generating interference signals (button bounce, EMC, short circuit, ...)
  • Templates for removing tools
V2.2 (2014)
  • Direct import of 3D data from common CAD systems (ACIS, CATIA, IGES, Inventor, JT, NX, Parasolid, Pro / ESolid Edge, SolidWorks, STEP, VDA-FS, 3DXML)
  • Simulation configurations for Bosch MLC, B&R and Rockwell
  • New collision algorithms
  • Visualization of material removal
  • Expansion of material flow
  • Library for robot applications
  • Improved handling and extended documentation
  • SDK for developing your own modules in C ++
  • TCP / IP communication with the simulation model
V2.1 (2014)
  • Fieldbus connections via EtherCat and EthernetIP including the respective safety protocols (e.g. TwinSAFE)
  • Flexible connection of external components via OPC-UA / DA and ROS
  • Extension of the automated fieldbus I / O import (update functionality)
  • Extension of the block library for discrete control systems
  • Extension of the block library for virtual drives
  • Block library for measuring tools in machine tools
V2.0 (2013)
  • TC3.1
  • Win 64 bit, removal of memory limits under Windows and TwinCAT (simulation models)
  • Build your own 3D libraries, e.g. B. for the automatic generation of a 3D visualization
  • Undo / redo functionality in virtuosV
  • ProfiSAFE
  • Extension of SCOPE functionality
V1.6 (2011)
  • Automatic model generation
  • Block library for the tool change process in machine tools (magazines, clamping devices)
  • Block library for material flow with belts, robots etc.
  • Block library for virtual drives (servo drives, frequency converters, ..)
  • Block library for multi-body system simulation
  • Block library for matrix / vector operations
  • CAN
  • FANUC via FOCAS or NCGuidePro
  • BOSCH via Profibus
V1.5 (2010)
  • IO wizard for connecting the fieldbus level to ISG-virtuos
  • Siemens 840D via ProfiNet
  • Heidenhain via Profibus

V1.3 (2008)

  • Beckhoff, integrated simulation task in the control
V1.2 (2007)
  • Siemens 840D via Profibus

Spread in the market

There are currently around 500 licenses in use worldwide.

It is used virtuoso v. a. in mechanical and plant engineering . Seven of the ten largest machine builders use virtuoso to simulate their machines and systems, and since 2013 they have been increasingly used by SMEs .

Among other things, set z. B. virtuoso the following companies:

Baumüller BMW Bosch Bystronic Bystronic glass B&R chiron DAIMLER DMU EDAG ELHA mechanical engineering
elumatec Elwema Erhardt + Dept. FFG ROUGH HEITEC BRIGHTER HOMAG AG IMA IT engineering KAUTEX
KNOLL precision mechanics KochPac KraussMaffei KUKA Lasco nail NUMCAD Roth cutter Student Spangler
STAMA technowood Tea pack Tuboly Astronic umicore Zimmer Group

In the laboratories of various universities, the students are trained in simulation and virtual techniques with the help of virtuos (see item "Research and teaching - teaching").

Research and Teaching

research

Researching companies and institutes are currently using the open system. a. in the following public projects:

"iSrv" (2017-2020)

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy based on a resolution by the German Bundestag. The aim of the sub-project “Reusable building blocks for generating behavior models” is to develop a contribution to simulation-based methods for technology-based service systems and to make them available to the consortium. New services for cloud-based solutions are to be made possible in particular on the basis of intelligent virtual components, which serve as a reference for real machine components. With the help of iSrv, process data are to be recorded, analyzed and the need for action derived. The focus of the service platform is on the abstraction of complexity by encapsulating reusable components in kits. These modules to be provided by ISG supplement the data from ongoing production, which is transferred via a cloud connector, with relevant information from virtual models of the production components as a reference for data analysis. This is intended to enable SMEs to use technologies for proactive maintenance which, due to their complexity, were previously reserved for larger companies.

"Co-Simulation" (2017-2019)

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy based on a resolution by the German Bundestag. The aim of the project is to develop a co-simulation tool for the integration and real-time synchronization of highly specialized simulation tools and libraries. The real-time simulation tool to be developed combines the existing simulation tools and libraries in order to enable a complete mapping of the entire production in hard time-deterministic control real-time for the first time.

"Online changes" (2017-2019)

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy based on a resolution by the German Bundestag. As part of the project, a new type of HiL 4.0 simulation is to be developed with which, for the first time, a single, continuously expanded simulation model is used as a “dynamic specification sheet” over the entire life cycle of a system. The solution consists in the development of two new technologies, which for the first time enable an online change of the simulation model ("online change") as well as a repetition of critical states and results ("snapshot technology").

Teaching

In the field of engineering training at colleges and universities, the development towards the use of simulation and virtual techniques is increasingly being taken into account through appropriate courses. virtuos provides university licenses in this environment.

Membership in organizations

  • VDMA
  • Competence network Mechatronik BW eV
  • PLCopen
  • OSADL
  • PROFIBUS
  • SERCOS
  • EtherCAT
  • Industrial Consortium SimTech eV

Publications, lectures, publications

Publications

  • Heavy-duty omni-directional Mecanum-wheeled robot for autonomous navigation: System development and simulation realization. Liu, X., Scheifele, Ch., Xu, W., Stol, KA: Mechatronics (ICM), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 256-261. IEEE, 2015.
  • Reusable simulation models for cross-domain and cross-disciplinary product development Voss, V .: Jost-Jetter Verlag, 2012, ISBN 3-939890-98-7 .
  • Hardware in the Loop Simulation of Production Systems Dynamic Röck, S .: Journal of Production Engineering Research & Development, Volume 5, Issue 3 (2011), Page 329, Springer 2011.
  • Efficient automation with virtual machines Scheifele, D., Eger, U., Röck, S., Sekler, P .: Proceedings 12th IFF Science Days, 16. – 18. June 2009, Magdeburg.
  • Simulation and reality - the symbiosis. Machine development according to the hardware simulation symbiosis (HSS) approach Röck, S., Scheifele, D., Sekler, P .: Computer & Automation, Issue 6, (2008), pp. 36–40.
  • Real-time simulation of production plants with real control systems Röck, S .: Jost-Jetter Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-939890-24-3 .
  • Potentials of hardware-in-the-loop simulation for machines and systems Scheifele, D., Eger, U., Röck, S., Sekler, P .: SPS / IPC / Drives 2007, fair 27. – 29. Nov. 2007, Nuremberg. Berlin: VDE Verlag GmbH, 2007, pp. 555-565.
  • Virtual machines on a physical bus Rüdele, H., Röck, S., Eger, U .: Industrial Ethernet - Vogel Druck & Medienservice GmbH & Co. KG, April 2006, pp. 20-22.

Lectures

  • Mechatronic simulation of machines and systems Scheifele, D .; Ramp up - ramp-up management in the automotive industry; Frankfurt, March 21, 2012.
  • Virtual machines and systems for virtual commissioning Scheifele, D .; Strategy day virtual commissioning, Qesar GmbH; Bensheim, March 23, 2011.
  • Configurable open control system for process optimization and simulation Pritschow, G., Scheifele, D .; International CIRP conference "Process Machine Interactions"; Vancouver / Canada, 10./11. June 2010.
  • Efficient automation with virtual machines Röck, S., Scheifele, D., Sekler, P .; IFF Science Days; Magdeburg, 16.-18. June 2009.
  • Applications of hardware-in-the-loop simulation in production technology Müller, V., Scheifele, D .; Congress SPS / IPC / DRIVES 2008, Nuremberg.

Publications

  • "Digital twins from virtual assemblies" In: open automation No. 5/17 (2017), p. 20
  • "Simulation reduces commissioning times" In: Verfahrenstechnik 11/2014 (2014), p. 48
  • "Notebook handles machines and systems weighing tons" In: VDI nachrichten No. 47 (2011), p. 14
  • “Virtual machine runs with real control” In: VDI nachrichten No. 48 (2008), p. 23

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