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Monday 16 April 2012

Recreating Disasters with Technical Animations

By Tim McGarvey


Developing complex products or processes is supported greatly by the use of computer generated imagery (CGI) to create engineering animations during the design, test and marketing phases. The use of engineering animations is helpful when trying to explain complex processes, products or events in television and news programming or when a producer needs to explore a "fantasy" concept, such as a what-if scenario.

Engineering animations can also be used to design and build complex structures in 3D or to investigate mechanical engineering failures for use in litigation involving industrial accidents. Mechanical animations and technical animations are a logical choice, as CGI software uses mathematical formulas and logical sequencing, which allows things to be build to scale, down to the last detail. 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. It also allows the 3D artist to model and build processes that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as medical devices inside the body, or processes happening on a molecular scale.

These types of animations are also common in television production and informational programming when covering stories about disasters, accidents or mechanical failures such as plane crashes. They can also be used when conducting accident or engineering failure analysis. Using special software, engineering animations can be used to build virtual structures and conduct analysis on complex issues such as load distribution and stress evaluations in the design build industry.

Engineering animations covers a broad spectrum, from product and conceptual animations to process animations, training animations, medical devices and processes and architectural and design. Conceptual animations can support product designers as they evaluate product concepts and explain new products to investors, or for internal research and development funding. The costs of developing and manufacturing can be significantly reduced if errors in design are discovered in the 3D development and if everyone involved in the process understands the product in detail.

Product marketing can be greatly enhanced by these types of animations as they can be used to highlight unique details, or to explain complex information to an audience. Complex information is easier to explain using visual aids and studies have shown that viewers retain more, especially when 3D animation is used in television shows, training series or when presenting information to a jury.




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