Today, engineering, PLM, and simulation data in industrial automation sit across different tools and repositories, making it difficult to move from product design into simulation and virtual validation. The proposed solution meets the broader challenge extending beyond linking PLM with simulation: how to build a scalable digital thread that accelerates engineering, reduces manual handovers, and lets customers validate automation solutions earlier in the buying process.
This initial implementation is a first step toward bringing engineering and PLM information into an Omniverse-based simulation environment. OpenUSD serves as the interoperability standard connecting the 3D data across systems, while cloud-based NVIDIA RTX GPU acceleration powers the simulation workloads. Azure provides the scalable cloud and integration foundation, and the companies are now building from this base toward reusable digital twin capabilities, virtual commissioning, and future AI-enabled engineering functions.
Our work with SICK is about more than connecting systems; it's about giving engineering teams the confidence to make decisions virtually, long before a physical build is required. When engineering and sales start working from the same simulation, customers can see how a solution performs before it exists. That's the real opportunity here: a platform that compounds in value as more of SICK's engineering and customer-facing work moves onto it.Senior Vice President & General Manager of the DACH region for SoftServe
Engineering, PLM and simulation data have sat in separate silos for far too long. By connecting SICK's engineering data to NVIDIA Omniverse libraries on Microsoft Azure, SoftServe is turning that data into a scalable digital thread that lets teams validate automation designs virtually, long before a physical build. Azure provides the cloud and integration foundation this platform needs to grow from a first implementation into reusable digital twins, virtual commissioning and AI-enabled engineering.Industry Advisor Manufacturing & Mobility, Microsoft Germany
The reusable foundation is designed so engineering changes can eventually be validated virtually much earlier, reducing manual effort and shortening design-to-simulation and customer-validation cycles. The broader goal is to improve engineering productivity while making automation solutions tangible earlier in the sales process, increasing customer confidence, and supporting stronger commercial outcomes.
Our vision is clear: engineering data must become connected, intelligent, and actionable. Digital threads provide the foundation, AI provides the intelligence, and Digital Engineering Platforms provide the environment where innovation can scale across the entire enterprise.Vice President R&D, Global PLM, at SICK
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