Simulation Software for Automation System | Automation Studio™

Feature/Function

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ㆍIf you teach on subjects related to hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and control technologies, the illustration of concepts and the behavior of systems are no doubt at the heart of your requirements. Created in 1986 by Famic Technologies to meet the needs of technical teaching and training, and used in thousands of schools worldwide, Automation Studio™ is a unique software solution, which offers intuitive design, animation, simulation, and system analysis functionalities in a versatile and user-friendly environment. It allows teachers to expose more content in less time, improves students' understanding of concepts and diagnosis capabilities, and brings to schools, colleges, and universities an optimal return on investment.
ㆍThe entire school benefits from integrating Automation Studio™ into its curricula. Automation Studio™ is the ultimate software solution to teach basic concepts or to provide advanced training on industrial technologies. Thanks to its intuitive and user-friendly interface, its efficient design tools, its realistic simulation, its dynamic animations, and its multi-technology environment, students, teachers, as well as the whole school can take advantage of Automation Studio™ capabilities.

The Most Cost-Effective Solution for Teaching and Learning
Automation Studio™ is a complete solution which covers a wide array of technologies, and which is available at a very attractive price conforming to schools' budgetary constraints.

One Solution for Several Departments for a Maximum Return on Investment
Since it covers most industrial technologies, Automation Studio™ is ideal for many curricula, and can be therefore used by several departments. Departments can then take advantage of one single complete software solution while allocating its cost on their different budget.

Ideal for Technology Curricula
ㆍAutomation
ㆍAgricultural Mechanics
ㆍIndustrial Mechanics
ㆍMechatronics
ㆍIndustrial Maintenance
ㆍElectrical Engineering
ㆍInstrumentation Technologies
ㆍElectromechanical Technologies
ㆍIndustrial Automation
ㆍMechanical Drafting (CAD)
ㆍand many more

Specifications

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Educational institution & business package division	Complete	Fluid Power	Pneumatic	Hydraulic	Electrical	Automation Control
Pneumatic Library	O	O	O
Hydraulic Library	O	O		O
Proportional Hydraulic Library	O	O		O
Proportional Pneumatic Library	O	O	O
Component Sizing Module	O	O	O	O	O
Electrotechnical(A.C. & D.C.)	O				O
Electrical Controls	O	O	O	O	O	O
HMI 2D/3D & Control Panels	O				O	O
PLC, Allen Bradley™	O					O
PLC, Siemens™	O	O	O	O		O
PLC, IEC 61131-3	O					O
Digital Electronic Library	O	O	O	O	O	O
SFC - Grafcet IEC 61131 Library	O	O	O	O		O
Bill of Material(BOM) & Report Module	O
Diagonostics & Troubleshooting	O	O	O	O	O	O
Mecanical Links	O	O	O	O
One-Line Electrotechnical Diagram	O				O
OPC Client	O	O	O	O	O	O
Teachware for Hydraulic and Electrotechnical	O	O	O	O	O	O

Practice examples

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	Hydraulics Complying with ISO 1219-1 and 1219-2 standards, the Hydraulic Library (industrial and proportional) offers all the component symbols required to create mobile and industrial hydraulic systems and functions. Components are preconfigured. Moreover simulation parameters such as performance curves, external loads, leaks, viscosity and thermal characteristics can be configured as needed.
	Pneumatics The Pneumatic Library includes all the symbols necessary to create pneumatic, electropneumatic and logic systems. Like in the Hydraulic Library, the parameters of pneumatic components can also be configured.
	Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Automation Studio™ offers three PLC Ladder Logic Libraries: Allen Bradley™, Siemens™ and IEC61131-3. It becomes easy to create and simulate the control part of an automated system.
	Digital Electronics This library includes standard devices such as inverters, logic gates, flipflops, counters, shift registers, comparators, switches, LEDs, 7-bar display, decoders, multiplexers, etc.
	Electrotechnical One-line This library enables the design of diagrams for all voltage levels in a typical one-line representation of networks for power generation, transmission and distribution.
	Electrotechnical The Electrotechnical Library offers a wide array of components to create AC and DC electrical circuits, from basic to advanced uses. It supports IEC and NEMA standards. Motor soft starters and variable frequency drives are available. The library’s components are built according to the real manufacturers’ models such as Siemens™, Allen Bradley™, etc. Tools are available to quickly implement and design entire scaled cabinets and junction boxes. A rail mounting for assembly grouping as well as ducting elements for wires are available.
	Electrical Controls The Electrical Controls Library interacts with all components from other libraries so as to create electrically controlled systems. It supports IEC and JIC standards.
	HMI and Control Panels With this module, users can easily create animated shapes that reproduce the behaviour of the equipment they represent. It also allows to create control panels and to operate the virtual system or real equipment.
	Block Diagram With the Block Diagram Library, it is possible to create a graphical environment for component and system modeling using predefined function blocks. It can also be used to create and test complete control loops.
	Sequential Function Chart(SFC/GRAFCET) The Sequential Function Chart (SFC) Module is the tool of choice to implement control structures. In addition to macro-steps, Automation Studio™ includes encapsulating steps which enable hierarchical order.
	Teachware Course material is available for various technologies. It provides teachers and trainers with the essentials for preparing course curriculum. Automation Studio™ offers guides, lectures, animations and lab notes for all levels of discipline. Unlike other teachware made using multimedia sequences, course content offered by Automation Studio™ is interactive and animated live by the software’s simulation. Teachers can modify this content using Automation Studio™ to better fit their needs.
	Interactive Lab Exercises Interactive lab exercises created in Automation Studio™ are available for different technologies to test students’ comprehension. These exercises include simple schematics that can be simulated and animated in order to be analyzed. Students can answer related questions for each exercise using the provided interactive form in Automation Studio™. Teachers can also modify these exercises and create new ones.
	Workflow The Workflow allows teachers to create and sequence content in order to evaluate students’ knowledge retention. It does not require any programming knowledge and it can be used to create all types of interactive and automated exercises. Text-to-speech can also be integrated to include voiced instructions for each exercise.

Libraries and Modules
• Electrotechnical (AC/DC) • Hydraulics/ Proportional Hydraulics • Pneumatics/ Proportional Pneumatics • Electrical Controls • PLC Ladder Logic, Allen Bradley™ Siemens™ and IEC 61131 • Sequential Function Chart (SFC/GRAFCET) • Digital Electronics • Electrotechnical One-line • 2D-3D HMI and Control Panels • Block Diagram-Math	• Fluid Power Component Sizing • Electrical Component Sizing • Troubleshooting and Diagnostics • Mechanical Links • Catalogue Manager • Bill of Material and Report • OPC Client, OPC Server (CAN Bus) • SFC Compilers, Export to Siemens™ and XML format (Automation Studio™ PLC) • APIs/ Script Language