# Advices for easy and simple simulation

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/advices-for-easy-and-simple-simulation/9233>\
**Category:** RobotStudio\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/advices-for-easy-and-simple-simulation/9233 "2019-12-08T15:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![SebastianIca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@SebastianIca](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/SebastianIca)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/advices-for-easy-and-simple-simulation/9233/1 "2019-12-08T15:38:29Z")

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Hello guys,

My name is Sebastian and I am studying robotics engineering. I need to create a simulation for a simple palletizing app. For now I am trying to get used with Palletizing PowerPac. I do not need the simulation to be guided by signals and lots of smartcomponents. Can you give me some advices of how I can create a simple simulation? By simple I mean using Hide/Show features, Attach/Detach. I don’t know how I can create an order for things to happen like first is palletizing then the stack is going to a wrap machine then it is going out of the cell by a conveyor. How can I coordinate these moves ?

Thank you for your time.  
Sebastian

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**Author:** ![Bisby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@Bisby](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Bisby)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/advices-for-easy-and-simple-simulation/9233/2 "2019-12-10T11:59:02Z")

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Hi Sebastian,

Theres an RS add-in that you may find useful called “PickandPlace\_v4”. Here is the accompanying forum [ABB Robotics Community - Maintenance](https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/10054/smartcomponent-pick-place-simplified#latest)

Although it might be simpler to setup sensors to work with and trigger the attach/detatch and hide/show features if you are picking from one location and dropping to an another.

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**Author:** ![SebastianIca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@SebastianIca](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/SebastianIca)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/advices-for-easy-and-simple-simulation/9233/3 "2019-12-10T22:20:53Z")

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Thanks for your reply!  
I see the pick and place smart component and it seems to be really easy to use. I will start trying some things.  
In my simulation I have other movements like a machine wrapping and some AGVs moving. Should it be easier to export a Collada file of the robot simulation then continue the simulation in another software? Can it be done this way?