Live animation of 3D CAD model from data feed, file or network

Question

I'm working on a HiL project (construction equipment) and the simulation software I'm using doesn't have a way to visualize the model during the HiL simulation.

I have a CAD model of the assembly and I'm trying to see if there is any software out there that will allow to move the CAD assembly, within motion constraints, live using a data source which could be a file continuously adding data points or maybe a network communication (I could setup an RPC server to send new displacements during the simulation).

My idea is that I could save the important states to a file (or send them through the network) and the CAD tool will continuously read that file (or network data stream) and update the model orientation live.

Answer 1

It is what our DG Kernel (DInsight) was designed for. Check it out. We would be happy to help with anything.