{"id":440,"date":"2020-07-23T04:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/?p=440"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:02:38","slug":"kineoworks-interact-version-8-0-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/kineoworks-interact-version-8-0-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"KineoWorks Interact Version 8.0 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KineoWorks Interact enables you to build a rich Graphical User Interface (GUI) for your new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/plm-components\/kineo.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kineo<\/a> application quickly and easily. It provides tools for implementing 3D visualization, user-interaction, data import\/export, and other application features with the minimum of coding. New features released since version 7.0 include :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><font color=\"1A5276\">New model editing and display tools<\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>KineoWorks Interact provides standard tools (menus, buttons, etc.) for opening, drawing, editing and saving the content of a Kineo simulation, such as the geometry of the robot and it\u2019s environment, the system\u2019s kinematics, path\/trajectory data and power\/control cable configurations. For example, there are factory-supplied controls for building and displaying your robot and then computing a collision-free path. The extensive list of controls has been extended since version 7.0 with new interaction tools, including&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Object positioning<\/strong>&nbsp;: new controls make it possible to interactively reposition a robot TCP (Tool Centre Point) to a target object, surface location or a construction element, while automatically taking account of the device kinematics. In addition, TCP motion has been enhanced in general to make manipulation more intuitive for the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cable simulation<\/strong>&nbsp;: it\u2019s now possible to display cable attachment points that are used to guide the path of electrical\/pneumatic cables. This is illustrated in the following video, where KineoWorks Interact is used to develop a cable simulation quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/KineWorks-Interact-Cables.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><font color=\"1A5276\">Higher performance assembly drawing<\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Assembly drawing performance has been substantially improved with OpenGL. For full feature support and optimum performance, we recommend using OpenGL version 4.3 with KineoWorks Interact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><font color=\"1A5276\">Geometry Scaling<\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s now possible to apply a non-uniform scale (independent magnitudes in X, Y and Z axes) to polyhedrons, point data and wireframes, without duplication of the geometric entities (points \/ triangles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><font color=\"1A5276\">Data Exchange<\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>KineoWorks Interact enables you to import geometry from a range of standard file formats including JT, STEP, V5, OBJ, 3MF and FBX. Version 8.0 has been updated to support the latest version of the PLMXML data format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><font color=\"1A5276\">Support for new platforms<\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>KineoWorks Interact is now available for Debian Linux platforms. 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