2022-12-14 - twin 1.26.0

New features

  • When changing the Rigid Body Behavior of a 3d-object, you can now define a Mesh Simplifier that is used to optimize the mesh for physical simulation. You can edit existing profiles and add new profiles in the Settings view under the Mesh Simplifier tab.
  • You can now use the Save and Zip button to save the project and create a zipped version at the same time
  • When using the Measurement Tool, the delta lines for x, y and z are drawn in the 3D View window
  • A new simulation component ControlPanel was added, which replaces the existing ManualOutputs

Improvements

  • Performance improvements when groups with many 3d-objects are moved by kinematic movers
  • Performance improvements when grouping many 3d-objects in the Assembly Structure window
  • Performance improvements in the PLCConnector for the protocols OPC-UA, PLCSIM Advanced and Beckhoff-ADS
  • When using the Move 3d-objects tool in the 3D View window, the user now gets a feedback, when object are moved by selecting the target coordinate-system
  • The Visual Physics Debugger now has a button to reload the scene
  • The light-ray color for DataReader and DataWriter now differs from the light-ray color of the LightBarrier
  • The installer does not reset the settings anymore. Instead you can set the settings back to factory default when installing twin.
  • Improved the rendering quality in the Web-View of twin

Fixed issues

  • Fixed an issue that occurs in the current version of the .Net Framework 4.8 and causes twin to crash when the user clicks into an empty space
  • Under certain circumstances it was not possible to edit the password in the OPC-UA settings in the PLCConnector
  • When the 3d-object of a Colorizer was changed, the boarder in the 3D View window was not removed
  • Umlauts in names are correctly imported from STEP-files
  • Under certain circumstances the arrow of a Conveyor was not shown correctly
  • Scripts are executed even when the simulation was not running
  • It was not possible to pick 3d-objects in the Assembly Structure window from a simulation component if they were already selected
  • 3d-objects, which are generated by sources during simulation, are no longer saved
  • Fixed an issue in the simulation component Servo that caused incorrect positioning under certain circumstances
  • If the 3d-object of a kinematic or dynamic mover simulation component was changed, the rotation or translation axis was not updated correctly
  • In the JavaScript-API the parent guid of a 3d-object was wrong