Other features

• Software available for PC, Mac and Linux platforms.
• Now open source and free for the education.
• A powerful mechanism in included to allow easy access to V-REP API functions from external applications (e.g. robots): the remote API. It can be bound with Python, Java, Matlab and Urbi.
• Interaction during simulation: interaction with a running
  simulation is possible at any time: models, together with
  their associated behavior (i.e. scripts) can be shifted,
  rotated, copy/pasted, erased, scaled, etc. without having
  to adjust any code
• Unlimited number of fully customizable user interface
  elements with integrated edit mode
• Simulation of surface cutting using various customizable
  cutting tool shapes.
• Simulation of force/torque sensors, capable of recording
  applied forces or torques, and conditionally breaking apart
• Various types of joints: revolute joints, prismatic joints,
  screws, and spherical joints
• Path or trajectory functionality for elaborate kinematic
  movements
• Next to regular scene edition/composition, various
  integrated edit modes are available: triangle-, vertex-, edge-,
  path/trajectory-, and custom user interface edit modes
• Minimal or no programming required for simple simulations
• Model self-duplication or self-destruction capability
• Model browser with drag-and-drop functionality
• Powerful API with more than 280 clean and fine-grained
  functions, available from the C/C++ and Lua side (other
  languages capable of API calls are also usable)
• Supported CAD data formats: DXF, 3DS, OBJ and STL
• Fully customizable simulator, at various levels, by writing a
  customized client application, or by writing plugins
• Compact and lightweight application and files: V-REP fits into
  5MB, no dependency installations are required. Simulation
  scenes and models are saved as a single compressed file,
  loading operations are very fast
• Full-featured scene hierarchy view, indicating object names,
  types, associated control scripts, loop closures, selection and
  visibility states, warnings, etc.
• Fully customizable view configurations, with 8 easily toggable
  pages, where each can be customized with an unlimited
  number of views
• Free V-REP player version, allowing running and interacting
  with previously created scenes or models
• Four in-parallel running simulator instances, sharing a same
  copy buffer
• Simulation and visualization of wireless communications, with
  free definable emission range, direction and shape
• Possibility to lock scenes from further edition/modification,
  script content viewing or resource export
• Many more features: e.g. multilevel undo/redo, AVI recorder,
  simulation of paint or welding seams, static and dynamic
  textures, exhaustive documentation