| Animations |
| Animations can be used to convey information that would otherwise require dozens of individual drawings. They are also very helpful for those who have difficulties visualize technical, engineering or architectural drawings. A simple and colorful animation can be essential to convey issues and solutions to graphically or technically untrained clients, consultants, and members of a jury during trial.
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| The following animation was prepared to demonstrate that this house was built outside of the allowable building envelope. |
 Because
of the complexity of the zoning requirements which would have required
dozens of illustrations to address each condition of the site, a 3D mass
representing all the requirements was created. |
| The
semi-transparent
polyhedron represents
the limits of the building envelope as defined by the local Planning and
Zoning requirements.
All elements of the house that can be seen outside of the building envelope are in breach of the zoning regulations. After field measurements were performed and compared with the approved drawings, a 3D model of the "as-built" house was created. Then the height limits and set-back requirements were illustrated by constructing the semi-transparent building envelope based on the property shape and zoning requirements. Finally, a video was generated by rotating the 3D model.
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| This next animation was created to illustrate the impossible task of installing all the steel reinforcements specified on a set of structural drawings for a concrete masonry unit wall. |
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Nowhere was a single drawing put together to verify that all the steel reinforcing could fit within the concrete block cells, or be installed without interference. |
| The contractor was unable to comply with this assembly. The impossible task is demonstrated in this animation. |
The
structural drawing requirements were detailed in 4 different drawings, where
each detail only addressed one of the steel reinforcing requirements.