How can I use the cad models used and shown on the website and in the tutorial videos? I want to control Codesys soft plc via opc ua. I linked my OnShape account with ProtoTwin but I don’t see any models there that were in the videos. How can I import these models and control them?
The CAD files listed in the Onshape tab of the Importer are just the files that you created or were shared with you through Onshape.
Most of the CAD is publicly listed on Onshape. If you go to the Public section in Onshape and search “ProtoTwin”, you should be able to find many of them.
You can then click on one and either create a copy, so that you can edit them, or copy the URL and paste it into the search bar at the top of the Onshape tab in ProtoTwin. If you create a copy, it will automatically be listed in the Onshape tab in ProtoTwin.
If you need something that isn’t public on Onshape, let us know and we can make it public. Additionally, if you want to see how any of the example models were made, you can change the subdomain from “play” to “simulate”. For example, if you click on the Hexapod example, it will take you to https://play.prototwin.com/?model=StewartPlatform, but you can swap this to https://simulate.prototwin.com/?model=StewartPlatform to view all the entities and components.
To control the model with a PLC, you need to create a server in the IO Browser and setup all the tags and bindings. See this video for details on connecting to CoDeSys via OPC UA and creating tags and bindings.
thank you for your help