Design, Simulate and Troubleshoot
Multi-Technology Systems

A complete product lifecycle solution to optimize your entire workflow

Automation Studio™ is a unique design and simulation software covering all machine technologies including fluid power, electrical, controls, HMI and communications through the entire product lifecycle. It helps to easily combine these various technologies in order to design, document and simulate complete systems.

Increase your productivity and reduce
product time-to-market

Whether you are involved in the design, training, sales, production or maintenance, Automation Studio™ can help your organization by improving quality, speeding up workflow and boosting productivity while simultaneously reducing costs and enhancing all aspects of project communication.

All-in-One Intuitive Software Solution for
Increased Engineering Productivity

Automation Studio™ provides a user-friendly platform with access to built-in component libraries to help accelerate your design process. With integrated simulation capabilities, we make it easy to quickly animate, analyze and validate your systems’ performance.
All technologies can be linked together to create and simulate an entire machine.

New Version P10

What's New in Automation Studio™ P10

Automation Studio™ P10 - Professional Edition represents a significant leap forward in the field of design and simulation of multi-technology systems. It has been meticulously crafted by our team of experts, drawing on their deep understanding of the evolving needs and challenges faced by professionals in today's fast-paced technological landscape, especially with the higher level of electrification of fluid power components and equipment. It also places greater emphasis on features required for the design of hydraulic manifold blocks, training and technical publications. See What's New!

System Design & Engineering

 

Draw Your Schematics in No Time Using Automation StudioTM

  • Gain access to a complete set of libraries for fast & accurate design
  • Size your components to meet your design requirements
  • Use pre-configured manufacturers’ products to significantly reduce prototyping time
  • Manage your circuit easily by creating layers, modifying line functions and adding linked references
System design and engineering in Automation Studio Professional Edition software

System Validation & Simulation

System validation and simulation in Automation Studio Professional Edition software

 

Monitor the Efficiency and Safety of Your Design in Operation

  • Start simulation early to optimize design and component selection
  • Validate your design using simulation with realistic animation
  • Analyze system behaviour using different analytical tools: dynamic Measuring Instruments, plotters, etc.

Testing & Commissioning

 

Validate Your Final Design Through Simulation and Automated Testing

  • Perform risk analysis through component failure simulation
  • Test your PLC with your virtual system using a standardized OPC connection
  • Test the limits of your system to validate your component choice
Testing and comissioning with Automation Studio Professional Edition software

 Project Documentation

project documention and BOM with Automation Studio Professional Edition software

 

Centralize All Documentation Within Your Projects to Increase Productivity and Reduce Data Entry Errors

  • Standardize your documents at all levels using your corporate templates
  • Generate various types of dynamic reports: BOM, wire and cable lists, purchase lists, etc.  
  • Export schematics and documents in various formats (PDF, DXF, TIFF) or simply share your design in read-only mode using the free Automation Studio™ - Viewer Edition
  • Connect with third-party solutions (PLM, ERP)

Technical and Machine-Oriented Training

 

Create a Variety of Lessons Focused on Understanding Your Machine's Systems

  • Demonstrate concepts, behaviour of individual components, functions up to the complete machine
  • Add HMI and 2D/3D animations to build an interactive training environment
  • Help trainees master operations and troubleshooting techniques before going hands-on

Maintenance and Diagnostics

Maintenance troubleshooting and diagnostic with Automation Studio Professional Edition software

 

Sharpen Your Maintenance Team's Skills

  • Create a real-life troubleshooting environment to easily perform "what-if" scenarios
  • Trigger built-in component failures and analyze the impact on the system
  • Reduce equipment downtime by performing quicker diagnostics and troubleshooting

Technical Publications

 

Easily and quickly create high quality meaningful contents for technical publications to support any delivery method

  • Trade oriented tools to help you create high quality drawings in all technologies compliant with applicable international standards
  • Use layers, hyperlinks, tooltips, highlights features, virtual measuring instruments, etc. to illustrate the behaviour of specific functions and to better communicate all aspects of the circuits of your machine
  • Use the simulation to produce animated partial or complete views combining different technologies into a single document
  • Insert texts, CAD objects, images, videos, etc. into your schematics to create complete documented circuits
  • Create interactive service manuals with references to component specifications
  • Use standards and templates to quickly convert engineering drawings into technical publications for training and maintenance
  • Create your schematics once and deliver them in the customers required language using the Translation Manager tool without duplication
Technical publications with Automation Studio Professional software

Sales Support

Sales Support with Automation Studio professional edition software

 

Your essential trade-oriented set of tools to quickly prototype solution concepts and to deliver outstanding presentations to your customers.

  • Quickly implement your customers’ needs into comprehensive prototype
  • Save valuable communication time by showing your customers how your proof of concept responds to their needs
  • Adjust your prototype live with your customers to fit the performance requirements of their systems
  • Use the simulation and animation features to easily visualize and make the explanation of technical concepts accessible to your audience
  • Your Automation Studio™ prototype is the digital twin of the target solution: No need to write elaborate text to explain the technical aspects – it is self-explainable

Hydraulic Manifold Block Module

Create your hydraulic circuits using manufacturers' catalogues.
Create the boundary of your Manifold block and manage manifold connection ports.
With one click of a button, launch the Manifold Block module.
Quickly auto-create numerous manifold solutions based on custom preferences.
Manage preferences such as: materials, positioning, clearances, hole closures, drill sets, drilling rules, price lists, etc.
Create custom cavities, patterns, engravings, mounting holes, ports, and more.
Simulate 3D hydraulic manifolds to analyze pressure drops, flows and more.
Automatically create reports: technical drawings, production drawings, etc.

What Our Clients Say About Automation Studio™


Software Editions - Available Packages
 

Automation Studio™ Pro - Design Edition

  • Allows only CAD functions without Simulation capabilities. Projects created can be simulated with either a Professional or Simulation Edition.
     

Automation Studio™ Pro - Simulation Edition

  • Allows to simulate, in read-only mode, projects created via the Professional or the Design Edition. This Simulation Edition doesn't allow to create or modify a project.