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Wednesday 25 April 2012

Factual Programming and The Key to Technical Animations

By Tim McGarvey


Engineering animations use CGI, computer generated imagery, to test, build, manufacture and market complex new products, or processes. Complex products and processes can be explained using engineering animations to re-create disasters, industrial accidents, airline crashes, etc. for television and news programming.

Complex structures can also be created in 3D, and the resulting engineering animations used to evaluate or investigate mechanical engineering failures or to explain an accident or disaster to jurors in a courtroom. Also known as mechanical animations or technical animations, the process of creating this kind of CGI involves the use of mathematical and scientific principles to model components. This allows the artist to create realistic elements using the exact specifications scaled to fit a small screen. In this way, it's possible to build and test products before building expensive prototypes. Even things that cannot be seen with the naked eye, such as things happening on a molecular scale, or medical devices and how the work inside a body, can be created for easy visualization.

These animations are often used in television or video production, especially information heavy stories that need to be explained quickly to viewers, such as information related to mechanical failures that cause disasters or accidents. When conducting accidents or disasters these 3D animations can also be used for engineering failure analysis. Engineering animations are create using special software, which builds exact replicas of structures or machines and then can be used to look at complex issues such as load distribution or stress evaluations.

The term engineering animations includes several general categories, such as conceptual animations, process animation, product animation, training animation, medical devices and architectural. Conceptual animation can be used to design, test and pitch product ideas to investors or research and development teams. Developing and manufacturing costs will be kept in check if 3D designs are used to first fully test a product before it goes into production.

These types of animations can also be used when marketing a new product, explaining product benefits quickly and clearly and by helping to create more exciting, visual sales presentations. It has been shown that visual aids such as 3D animations of complex products or information increases viewer retention, which is a plus when producing video productions, television series, training materials or when presenting at trial.




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