Industrial Digital Twins & Simulation

Synchronized virtual models and computational mirrors of physical machinery, manufacturing lines, and entire industrial facilities updated in real time via sensor telemetry. Originating in NASA and Air Force structural airframe tracking (Vickers and Grieves), the architecture links physical sensors, physics-based finite element simulation, and operational execution systems. Enterprise platforms include Siemens digital enterprise suites, NVIDIA Omniverse, NavVis IVION spatial mapping, and AVEVA Point Cloud Manager.

Key technical architectures and manufacturing innovations include:

• NavVis IVION: NavVis enterprise cloud that turns reality-capture data into shared, always-current spatial twins. Successor name to IndoorViewer. Series D frames IVION as the system of record for industrial reality data.
• Digital Twin: Synchronized virtual models of physical industrial assets and processes.
• AVEVA Point Cloud Manager: AVEVA cloud product that, with Asset Information Management, connects point cloud and 3D design model data to other asset data for digital-twin contextualization. The 18 May 2022 AVEVA post announced NavVis and Assai partnerships around this stack.
• AVEVA Asset Information Management: AVEVA engineering and asset information management used to keep digital-twin data evergreen; paired with Point Cloud Manager and the NavVis/Assai partnerships (AVEVA, 18 May 2022).
• NavVis VLX: Wearable survey-grade mobile laser scanner. NavVis pairs VLX (and MLX) with IVION and claims 10x faster capture than traditional methods. Point-cloud primer (2021) offers VLX sample data in E57.

Leading industrial manufacturers, hyperscalers, and engineering operators include:

• NavVis: NavVis founded (2013) — Since the company was founded back in 2013, growth has skyrocketed.
• NASA: NASA TA-12 roadmap uses Digital Twin (Piascik, Vickers et al.) (2010) — The Digital Twin has been adopted as a conceptual basis in the astronautics and aerospace area in recent years. NASA has used it in their technology roadmaps (Piascik, Vickers et al. 2010) and proposals for sustainable space exploration (Caruso, Dumbacher et al. 2010).

Major industrial breakthroughs and commercial milestones include:

• NASA TA-12 roadmap uses Digital Twin (Piascik, Vickers et al.) (2010): The Digital Twin has been adopted as a conceptual basis in the astronautics and aerospace area in recent years. NASA has used it in their technology roadmaps (Piascik, Vickers et al. 2010) and proposals for sustainable space exploration (Caruso, Dumbacher et al. 2010).
• NavVis founded (2013): Since the company was founded back in 2013, growth has skyrocketed.
• AVEVA announces NavVis and Assai digital-twin partnerships (May 18, 2022): We are pleased to announce new partnerships with Assai and NavVis to help industrial companies across the globe to use our expertise and products to turn opportunities into sustainable business value.