Understanding Train Accidents Through Engineering Animations

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Hugh B. Borbidge, BSME, Director of Engineering Animations :::: Lately, it seems that the news has reported on an increase in train accidents. They can be classified into two main…

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Applying Photography, Video, 3D and other Expertise to Forensic Analysis

3D Camera Matching in Engineering Animations

Laurence R. Penn, 3D Animations/Technical Assistant :::: At DJS Associates, we are often called upon to analyze surveillance videos to make a region of interest easier to identify or to…

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Engineering Animation: Watch How Workers Could Have Come in Direct Contact With A Moving Trailer

Laser scans of the environment and vehicles were utilized to demonstrate how workers could have come in direct contact with a moving trailer. The laser scan of the environment included…

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Engineering Animation: Water Infiltrates Concrete Slabs and Deteriorates Structural Steel

Can you see grass grow? Not by watching for a few minutes but you know it does because it’s higher after a week. It would be tricky to explain this…

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3D Animation: Man Struck by Carrier While Opening His Driver Side Door

Hugh Borbidge, Senior Mechanical Engineer :::: Are you a good judge of distance? Sometimes not being able to estimate how much room you have can lead to disaster. In the…

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Recreating Vehicle Movements: Update from our Engineering Animation Department

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Hugh Borbidge, BSME, Director of Engineering Animations :::: There are many ways to re-create vehicle movement in a 3D computer environment. Some methods are better than others. We will talk…

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The “Art” of Engineering Animations

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Hugh Borbidge, Computer Animation Engineer :::: Item 101- Accurately Moving a Vehicle on the Computer Screen 3D engineers that do forensic work often times feel a little jealous when we…

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