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. Complex products and processes can be explained using engineering animations to re-create disasters, industrial accidents, airline crashes, etc. for television and news programming.
When designing and building complex structures or investigating mechanical engineering failures engineering animations can help in many ways, such as imparting accurate information to jurors or allowing investigators to conduct a more thorough analysis of an accident or disaster. 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. Creating realistic elements built exactly to scale helps eliminate error and can lead to product improvement prior to expensive prototyping. 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.
Information heavy stories for television involving mechanical failures that have caused disasters or accidents can be enhanced with 3D graphics such as these because it helps viewers understand what happened quickly and clearly. 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.
While there is wide spread use of the term, engineering animations can be categorized into several general areas: Product animation, conceptual animation, process animations, training animations, medical devices, and architectural and construction. Conceptual animation can be used to design, test and pitch product ideas to investors or research and development teams. 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.
When Marketing a new product, animations can be used to dissect a product, or show its inner workings and unique features, fully educating the audience. 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.
When designing and building complex structures or investigating mechanical engineering failures engineering animations can help in many ways, such as imparting accurate information to jurors or allowing investigators to conduct a more thorough analysis of an accident or disaster. 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. Creating realistic elements built exactly to scale helps eliminate error and can lead to product improvement prior to expensive prototyping. 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.
Information heavy stories for television involving mechanical failures that have caused disasters or accidents can be enhanced with 3D graphics such as these because it helps viewers understand what happened quickly and clearly. 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.
While there is wide spread use of the term, engineering animations can be categorized into several general areas: Product animation, conceptual animation, process animations, training animations, medical devices, and architectural and construction. Conceptual animation can be used to design, test and pitch product ideas to investors or research and development teams. 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.
When Marketing a new product, animations can be used to dissect a product, or show its inner workings and unique features, fully educating the audience. 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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TMBA is an animation studio that creates detailed 3d animations for NBC, CBS, Discovery, History, etc. To learn more about engineering animations you can visit the studio website.
