ipolog Factory Viewer: Installation and linking your project

Installation

Before you can use the Factory Viewer, components that enable the use of Factory Viewer first need to be installed. Here is how:

1. First navigate to the "Release Downloads" tab in the ipolog portal:

2. Download the file "ipolog 4 Factory Viewer Prerequisites (Setup)":

Select “Show actions” and then “Download”.

3. Open the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen. 

4. Download the Factory Viewer:

As an installer.

Or as a zip file.

5.1 (If the installer was selected) Start the installer:

Follow the instructions on the screen. Install ipolog Factory Viewer to your preferred file path:

5.2 (If the zip file was selected) Unzip the ZIP file:

After the ZIP file has been downloaded, unzip it to the desired file path. (Depending on the program, the "Unzip" interface may vary).

6. Start the ipolog Factory Viewer.

Linking your project (Workspace u. Material Flow)

To link the Factory Viewer to your project, an adjustment of the settings in Workspace / Material Flow is required:

1. Open your project and select the settings in the top right corner of the program:

2. Open the "Factory Viewer" tab:

In Workspace.

In Material Flow.

3.1 In Workspace, under "Elements to publish", select which elements of your project should be displayed in Factory Viewer:

3.2 In Material Flow, select which elements of your project should be displayed in Factory Viewer:

If you want to display the box volume in Factory Viewer, you can adjust the color coding under "Configure". This is based on the stored initial stock and corresponds to whether boxes are added or removed in the planned workflow.

3.3 Choose the desired transports out of the transport simulation in Material Flow:

4. Navigate to the bottom, click on "Change Factory Viewer Installation Directory" and select the folder in which you have unpacked the Factory Viewer - or more precisely in which the "DigitalTwinViewer4.exe" file is located:

5. If Factory Viewer was found, a green "Yes" will be displayed:

6. Factory Viewer is now linked to your project and can be started via the "Open in Factory Viewer" button:

In Workspace.

In Material Flow.

Linking to your project (ipolog Next Gen)

To link the Factory Viewer to your project, you need a link to store it in the Factory Viewer.

1. Open project in ipolog Next Gen
   Open your desired project in the ipolog Next Gen web application.

2. Copy link for the Factory Viewer

   

   
   Click on the three-dot menu in the upper function bar and select “Send To Factory Viewer”.
   
   A green confirmation message at the bottom of the view indicates that the link has been successfully copied.
    

3. Start Factory Viewer
   Now open the Factory Viewer using one of the following applications in the installation folder:
   1. ipolog_FactoryViewer.exe
   2. ipolog_FactoryViewer_VR.exe (for the VR version)
4. Load data from the web application
   
   1. Click on “Show Data From Web” in the top right corner of the Factory Viewer.
   2. Paste the link you copied earlier into the top input field.
   3. Enter any zone name in the lower field.
   4. Confirm your entry with “Show Data From Web” to load the data.

Note on transferring facilities (from ipolog Next Gen)

To ensure that facilities are transferred correctly to the Factory Viewer, their names must be based on the full name of the template facility from the catalog in ipolog4 Workspace.

Example:
In the catalog, the template for the facility is called “Trolley”.
When transferring, all facilities whose names begin with this term are taken into account, e.g.:

• Trolley 1
• Trolley ABC

Facilities whose names do not begin with the template name are not transferred, e.g.:

• MyTrolley

These are not recognized during export and therefore do not appear in the project in the Factory Viewer.