ForDyn Digital Productions

Portfolio

ForDyn Clients Set the Facts into Motion

Attorneys hired ForDyn to create an animation illustrating a reconstruction of an automobile accident using information from a forensic investigator. ForDyn's animation was used in arbitration to show the relative speed and distance between the two vehicles. ForDyn also created a VHS videotape and large color posters for specific time intervals of the accident for court room presentation.

An engineering consulting company hired ForDyn to create an animation illustrating results from a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and its prediction of stresses and strains on a turbine engine fan blade as a result of bird ingestion. ForDyn created the animation through the use of proprietary software design developed specifically to process and animate the results from the FEA study.

ForDyn created a series of three marketing animations for an engineering consulting firm. These diverse animations included stresses occurring on the solar panel arrays of a satellite during array deployment; the inflation of a metal stent within a human artery; and the deformation of a government vehicle traveling at a medium speed during a frontal collision with a rigid barrier. The engineering corporation used these animations to successfully demonstrate the firm's analysis capabilities.

Journals and Publications

ForDyn's animation capability is discussed in the November 1997 issue of Inside Litigation, published by Aspen Law & Business. The article is titled, Winning with Visuals... With Lower Cost and Broader Access, Who Isn't Using Animation To Make Their Case?

Sample Animations

MSC/DYTRAN Finite Element Analysis This animation was created to demonstrate ForDyn's ability to animate MSC/DYTRAN finite element analysis results. The colors represent the changing strain levels in the material as the rigid ball penetrates the plate.

	Proprietary Analysis Software Results Data from a proprietary analysis program was animated to show the stresses induced on the deploying solar panels of a satellite. This animation was used by a ForDyn client to demonstrate their abilities to analyze and design spacecraft structures.

Medical Demonstration The response of blood cells as a result of artery blockage is demonstrated through the use of animation. Such an animation has been used for demonstration and education purposes.

	DYNA3D Crash Analysis Results This animation utilized data from a DYNA3D crash analysis to visualize the deformation of a vehicle hitting a rigid wall. Proper material coloring, light source placement, and smooth shading makes this animation appear to be very realistic.

Video Compositing Animation A realistic animation was created by compositing video with animated objects. In this animation, the surrounding background was video taken from the actual accident site while the vehicle is a photo-realistic animated object.

	Medical Demonstration This animation illustrated the motion of the upper and lower leg extremities and the resultant muscle/tendon motion, making it a very effective tool for describing potential knee injury or damage.

Prototype Demonstration Realistically modeled aircraft, vehicles and electronic devices gives prospective customers a feel for the unit's aesthetics, operation and functionality.

	Architectural Walk-Arounds Buildings, structures, interiors and landscape can be modeled with the correct lighting and shadows to give the client a virtual walk-through before the start of construction.

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