Autodesk Synthesis - FRC Game Simulator

You can look here for a pdf on how to use it,

http://bxd.autodesk.com/synthesis/?page=tutorialRobotExporter
http://bxd.autodesk.com/synthesis/?page=Tutorials

We will be releasing video tutorials shortly following the release.

We will have to be delaying the release for later on tonight, please check back for more updates.

http://i.imgur.com/Dd6m2G9.jpg

Same.

But in reality I am PUMPED, I really want to try this! And I already have a model and code for it!

Has there been any word on when we might expect Labview support with Synthesis (if any)?

I don’t believe there was any word regarding LV support. NI was aware of the development at various points, but the intern students wanted to focus on the other languages first.

I suspect that LV support will not be too hard to add, but I’m as eager as anyone to see how it works and how to plug into it – our plate runneth over, so unfortunately we weren’t able to be involved in the development.

Greg McKaskle

I’ll definitely be digging into the system to figure out how to plug into it. I’ll for sure be adding C# support before the season starts, and if that goes well LabVIEW and python shouldn’t be too difficult to add. Expecislly since LV on windows would be able to plug directly into the .NET plugin interface if interfacing at a lower level is difficult.

Nothing yet :frowning:

Yes. I am so ready to throw our Robot CAD and code on this thing and actually get to simulate driving our robot.

I assume no Solidworks support

On the forums for BXD Synthesis, it is stated:
“Currently, we only support C++ and Java code interpretation, but we certainly plan to also support LabVIEW in the future.”

You can find the thread stating this here. Please note that this thread was posted on the 22nd of December, 2014.

To my knowledge, no, there will be no Solidworks support. This is not based on facts, just my opinion.

Inventor is a program made by Autodesk, and so is BXD Synthesis. I don’t think they would use another company’s product when they have their own.

Who knows? Maybe It’ll happen in the future.

Any new updates yet I would really like to try out synthesis and explore the program

I’m so ready to throw my team’s robot CAD and code and fail my exams cause I was testing the simulator! :smiley:

Unfortunately because of last minute fixes and testing we will have to push off our release for another day or two at the minimum.

We are not in the business of releasing unfinished products and we hope to make a application that will result in overall performance without skipping out on any particular idea.

But we have decided to remake our launcher as a last ditch effort and it will bring a new style for those who have previously seen the simulator!

Please check back for more info that we will be posting each day!

Labview is not currently supported by Autodesk Synthesis, and for the time being there is no plan to add it.

Having seen this software demoed and having asked this question myself, I feel confident relaying that there will not be solidworks support. WPI is however working on a solidworks equivalent. That said you can get Inventor for free and convert your files from solidworks to Inventor to synthesis. I know that 955 did that with their 2015 robot.

Looks like the site is down. Any news on when the download will be up?

Read post #34.

Our robot is in the tutorial, that is pretty neat to see!

For anyone who questioning if the site is down:

The main BXD site for Autodesk is down, but you can still access the BXD Synthesis downloads pages by clicking here!