GitHub Copilot for Simulation Engineers: How AI Writes Your Python VC Scripts
🎉 Visual Studio CoPilot AI Helper Released for the Visual Components Python API!
In this video, I explore one of the brand‑new tools available alongside Visual Components 5.0 — the CoPilot AI Helper for Visual Studio Code. This extension brings powerful AI-assisted capabilities directly into your Python development workflow for Visual Components.
The CoPilot AI Helper currently provides three main features:
📘 API documentation assistance
🔁 Python 2 → Python 3 code translation
✨ Automatic snippet generation
For this video, I focus on the snippet generation feature — and it did not disappoint! Using CoPilot AI Helper, I created a Python motion controller script for a component in Visual Components with a simple natural-language prompt.
🎬 What I Did in the Video
First, I refactored a Beckhoff XPlanar mover to use the new Motion Controller introduced in VC 5.0. The experience feels significantly improved compared to the old controller — offering smoother control, better motion handling, and even support for Jerk, allowing much more realism and precision.
Then, using the CoPilot snippet feature, I generated a program that continuously moves a component in 6 axes (x, y, z, a, b, c) toward another component in the scene named “Target”.
Here’s the exact prompt I used:
@visualcomponents /snippet
Generate a motion controller program for the new motion controller you can find in this component.
I want the Component to continuously try to reach another Component in the scene called "Target" by moving its x, y, z, a, b, c axis. Axis are in this order.
The results were surprisingly accurate — a great demonstration of how AI can speed up scripting workflows in Visual Components.
🔗 Learn More about the CoPilot AI Helper
Full forum post with documentation, requirements, and the add‑on download here:
👉 https://forum.visualcomponents.com/t/...
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Let me know in the comments if you want a full tutorial on motion controller programming or more AI‑powered workflows.