Quick start

The fastest way to understand Machinery Twin is to watch a template run and poke at it. No account is needed: the browser app runs in guest mode with free-tier limits.

1. Open the app

Go to the web app and choose Continue as guest on the loading screen (or sign in if you have an account). You land on the Home tab.

2. Load a template

The Home tab lists ready-made example projects, mechanisms, conveyors, robot arms. Start with Conveyor Box Pusher, the recommended free template, then open it. The project loads into the editor with the 3D scene on the right.

3. Run the simulation

In the toolbar, switch the mode from Idle to Simulation. The machine starts moving: every variable in the project is now computed each frame and drives the objects bound to it.

• Orbit the camera by dragging with the left mouse button, pan with the right, zoom with the wheel.
• Use the scene toolbar for camera presets and to toggle the grid and axes.
• Press F11 for presentation mode, all panels disappear, leaving only the scene. Press Escape to come back.

4. Look under the hood

While the simulation runs:

1. Open the Variables tab, the sidebar shows every variable with its live value ticking.
2. Click one and check its Simulation config: it is a constant, a function (like a sine or a master clock), or a motion cam output.
3. Open the Objects tab and select a moving part, its properties panel shows which variables are bound to its position, rotation or visibility.

That chain, variables computed each tick, objects reading them, is the whole product. Everything else in these docs is detail on top of it.

Where next

• The interface tour, what each panel and toolbar does.
• App modes, Idle vs Simulation vs Online.
• Your first twin from scratch, build instead of loading a template.