Let’s talk about the state of executable digital twin support by Siemens. To begin, let’s define what is an executable digital twin. Simply put it is a model fed with sensor data that mimics the behavior of a physical product during operation. The twin is a virtual sensor that only exists in the digital realm. We received an update at …
April 14, 2022
Connecting the Digital Thread with the Digital Twin
Today’s forward-looking organizations are using both digital threads and digital twins. Yet, many traditional digital thread platforms are not optimized for a company’s success. Implementing an integrated digital twin and digital thread strategy based on a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution is a better option. Then organizations can connect with and use information in new ways to drive business and …
February 22, 2019
What is a Virtual Sensor?
Before we dive into virtual sensors, we need to cover some foundational concepts around the Digital Twin. With this technology, you have sensory data that you’re capturing from a product, and you’re feeding it into a simulation. The simulation will be running very fast, and will often be a systems simulation; a 1D simulation that will have just equations as …
February 20, 2019
The IoT-less Digital Twin: A Reality with MSC Software
Most folks pair up the concepts of Digital Twins and the Internet of Things. But are they truly exclusively together? In this post, we find they're not by looking at an MSC Software offering applied to drilling heads.
December 14, 2018
Disambiguating the Digital Twin
There's lots of confusion around the Digital Twin. In this post and video, provide an overview of the three definitions used in the industry and highlight the one we use.