Overview

With the CODESYS Depictor, you can create three-dimensional scenes of machine or manufacturing processes directly from within the CODESYS Development System. In your CODESYS SoftMotion application, you can view a transformation in 3D format or create a new model.

To view 3D models, all you need is the CODESYS Depictor Viewer. You have this viewer when you install the unlicensed CODESYS Depictor. For editing, you need a licensed version of the CODESYS Depictor Editor. The editor also provides a library with base POUs.

In CODESYS, you can add 3D models as CODESYS Depictor objects to the POU pool or below the device application. To do this, click Add Object → Depictor. Then you can link the objects to your application in an interface with IEC variables so that the animation of the 3D model is independent of any applications.

CODESYS-wide settings for the CODESYS Depictor are located in the CODESYS options.

Using CODESYS allows for virtual functional tests of your physical IEC application and a descriptive display of functional dependencies.

This product is based partially on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.