Walkinside
Create
interactive walkthroughs of your 3D MicroStation or AutoCAD files
in minutes!
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Want to create interactive presentation
of your 3D MicroStation or AutoCAD files in minutes? Want to
quickly show CAD managers, project managers, upper
management and clients a "walkthrough"
of a 3D design file with every single design detail,
without sacrificing system resources?
Walkinside is a software application that
can turn complex 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation (V7 and V8) files,
Plant Design System (PDS) files and Plant Design
Management System (PDMS) files into interactive,
virtual reality environments in a matter of minutes,
giving users the ability to walk through and experience
a design with all the forces of physics acting on
them, before the first construction dollar is spent.
Real-time
collision detection
With it's patented
"real-time collision detection," Walkinside
stands out from other 3D visualization and simulation
software due to its ability to detect collisions
of both static and moving elements in a model. Also,
using Walkinside users can dramatically cuts
down rendering time for complex 3D design files,
speeding up project review workflow. For example,
a file that would currently take 500+ hours to render
using MicroStation or AutoCAD alone would only take 7 minutes
with Walkinside.
Handling huge files
Further, when rendering a complex 3D file,
Walkinside does not sacrifice the model's
definition and intricate details. Other 3D visualization
applications "clean up" or omit details
in design files in order to handle their complexity.
Walkinside can handle geometry and interaction
far better than other visualization applications.
Even the most incredible designs - like nuclear
power stations or large offshore oil platforms with
over 600,000 pipes, vessels and elbows - are smoothly
visualized without discarding equipment or splitting
the model into smaller parts.
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| Sample of MicroStation
3D files rendered in Walkinside. |
Due to Walkinside's unique file-rendering
process and its ability to have multiple users simultaneously
walk through a model via an Internet or network
connection, an engineer in Texas and a CAD manager
in Australia can collaborate in real time while
reviewing a project model. Changes made to the model
are immediately seen by the entire project team
without leaving their desks and without having to
wait hours or days to re-render a file.
Walkinside creates smooth and detailed models
of 3D MicroStation files, regardless of the file's
size and complexity.
More uses for Walkinside
Walkinside is also being used for
pre-employment familiarization, safety training
and facility management. With a working 3D model
of a facility, new employees can be trained on equipment
and on the workflow of a plant, before ever setting
a foot in the actual plant. Also, Walkinside
can be used to simulate high-risk situations and
hazardous events to plan evacuation routes or to
modify a design to accommodate for emergencies.
These simulation drills can be used to train staff
on workplace hazards and on emergency situations.
Firms using Walkinside have reported project
cost reductions of 12-18%.
In brief, Walkinside's
key features include
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Ability to walk freely
through a project from a first-person perspective
or from a customizable character's point of
view
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Real-time collision detection,
which allows for the real-time detection of
elements in a model that improperly intersect,
whether static or dynamic
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Ability to convert large
and complex design files into 3D models in minutes
instead of hours or days
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Realistic gravity simulation
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Ability to easily record
Walkinside "walkthrough sessions"
and output the walkthroughs to universal AVI
(video) files to create stunning presentations
that will increase the chances of closing investors,
prospects or senior management.
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Ability to collaborate
in real time through the Internet or network
connection on project review with project partners
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Ability to display non-graphic
element information from a database (Plant Design
System and MS links) from within the 3D environment
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Ability to make real-time
measurement of distances within the 3D environment
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Ability to zoom-in and
view as much detail as the model provides
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CAD managers, engineers,
architects and others who need to render complex
3D MicroStation files fast, who don't want to
waste time and money due to unforeseen component
collisions or who need to provide presentations
with a level of realism never before experienced
need Walkinside
Comparison
Below are two screen captures from files
rendered with MicroStation and Walkinside.
With Walkinside, users can minimize rendering
time from hours to minutes and can have absolute
interactivity without sacrificing quality.
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| Rendering of a 3D file
without using Walkinside |
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| Same 3D file rendered
with Walkinside |
Walkinside was created and developed by
VRcontext, a developer of virtual reality and visualization
software headquartered in Belgium.
3D scanning compatibility
Walkinside integrates with the following
3D scanning (point clouds) manufacturers:
- iQvolution
- Reigl
- Z+F
- Leica Geosystems HDS (Cyra)
- Quantapoint
- Mensi
- Visi Image
Call now!
For more information and
pricing on Walkinside — the premier
3D visualization tool for MicroStation shops —
contact Axiom today! Call an Axiom MicroStation
Consultant at 727-442-7774 extension 8853
in the United States or e-mail
us.
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