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Bringing operations to life
16th December 2013
3D drawings and animations help to inspire operators. These models can serve as a decision making aid, a means of communication, and a promotional tool to support many types of project. They help to realise facilities, processes and operations when it would otherwise be difficult or costly to create and test them in live operation. o&i consulting’s visualisation skills have helped clients to demonstrate plans and solutions, and to illustrate their specifications and requirements. Here are some of the ways 3D visualisation can be used:
Masterplanning
3D visuals and animations help to bring 2D CAD drawings to life and are an effective and impressive tool for high-level design. Our team creates accurate and realistic 3D drawings to help illustrate new developments and land use for international aviation and distribution clients. With our broad experience in designing operations, clients can be confident that they are receiving designs that are practical as well as visually stimulating.
Facility Planning and Concept Design
Our team produces plans and concept designs that take strategic development projects beyond the masterplanning process. 3D drawings enable clients to visualise options and phases for airport land use, vehicle flows, and individual facility concepts. They provide support in determining space requirements and building dimensions, maximising land use, and ensuring the most effective layout.
Detailed Design Work
o&i consulting has experience in modelling detailed exterior and interior spaces. Our 3D drawings provide clients with a clear impression of their aspired design, therefore enabling clients to more confidently make detailed design changes and approve final layouts.
Operations Redesign, Optimisation and Layout Options
At an operational level, our team designs new aviation operations and improves the performance of existing operations. 3D visuals can effectively illustrate how a new or redesigned airport process will look or function. Clients can see, for example, the precise location of individual facilities and equipment, planned queue structures, individual processes and end-to-end departure and arrival processes.
Process Animation
o&i consulting models processes into seamless and visually stimulating 3D animation. When clients see their process step-by-step as a realistic walkthrough or flythrough animation it allows them to ‘experience’ the process and helps to identify possible issues and changes. Animation also serves as a useful communications tool to stakeholders, customers and users of new processes and technologies.
Baggage System Planning
3D modelling can also be employed in the development of new baggage systems to determine design options, and the most appropriate layout and flows based on capacity requirements. Through animation it is even possible to illustrate a bag’s journey through the system from the perspective of the moving item.
Please give us a call on 07909 576 915 if these skills can help you.
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