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Week 7 - Lecture Product Visualization: ME 24-688 Introduction To CAD/CAE Tools

The document discusses design visualization and product lifecycles. It covers topics like benefits of design visualization, case studies of companies using visualization, and tools for visualization like Autodesk Showcase. It also discusses trends in the future of design like ubiquitous computing and everyone becoming a designer.

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Week 7 - Lecture Product Visualization: ME 24-688 Introduction To CAD/CAE Tools

The document discusses design visualization and product lifecycles. It covers topics like benefits of design visualization, case studies of companies using visualization, and tools for visualization like Autodesk Showcase. It also discusses trends in the future of design like ubiquitous computing and everyone becoming a designer.

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Week 7 - Lecture

Product Visualization

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Lecture Topics

• Design Visualization Overview


• Benefits and Case Studies
• Autodesk® Showcase®
• Future of Design

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Product Lifecycle – Week 7

Requirements Portfolio Conceptual Product


Management Management Design Engineering

Manufacturing
Engineering

Simulation &
Validation

Build &
Produce

Disposal & Maintenance Sales & Test & Quality


Recycling & Repair Distribution

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


3D Design Use
CNC
Manufacturing

Rapid
Prototyping

Automation

3D CAD Model
Design Detail
and Form

Visualization

Simulation /
Analysis

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Design Visualization

• Take and transform digital 3D product


design models into compelling imagery,
movies, and real-time presentations.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Design Visualization Use Cases

• Marketing Brochure Images


• Create Fictional Scenes
• Sales Configurators for CTO and ETO
• Enhanced Sales Proposals
• Design Review Meetings
• Customer Feedback

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Design Visualization Benefits

• Improve Time-to-Market
• Start Selling Products from Digital Versions
• Save Money with Digital Assets
• Gain Quick and Early Customer Feedback
• Rapidly Explorer Design Variations
• Clearly Communicate Product
Designs
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Comparison

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Tesla Motors – Electric Cars Example

Image courtesy of Tesla Motors

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Ulysse Nardin - Example

Image courtesy of Ulysse Nardin

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Bombardier Aerospace - Example

Image courtesy of Bombardier Aerospace

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Parker Hannifin - Example

Image courtesy of Parker Hannifin Corp.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Marriott International, Inc. - Example

Image courtesy of Marriott International, Inc.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Application Tool Examples

• General Visualization
– Autodesk Inventor

• Real-Time Visualization
– Autodesk Showcase

• Advanced Visualization (Special Effects)


– Autodesk 3ds Max / Autodesk 3ds Max Design
– Autodesk Maya (Game and Movie
Focused)

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Autodesk Showcase Overview

Autodesk Showcase real-time 3D presentation


and rendering enables designers to easily
transform 3D CAD data into compelling digital
media.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Autodesk Showcase Key Features
• Real-Time Viewing
• Quick and Simple User Interface
• High Quality
• Import Almost Any CAD File

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Hyphen Design – Case Study

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/limage?siteID=123112&imageID=16310827&id=6834016&preview=1

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VOX Amplification – Case Study

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/limage?siteID=123112&imageID=16310831&id=6834016&preview=1

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The Future of Design

• Infinite Computing
• Reality Digitized
• Everyone is a Designer
• Global Challenges
• Amazing Complexity

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Infinite Computing

Access to computing power will spread, and


processing power will increase significantly.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Reality Digitized

The speed and ease of capturing reality in the


form of a detailed 3D model representing an
environment or object.

Example = www.123dapp.com/catch
www.youtube.com/123dcatch

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Everyone is a Designer
Low-cost, widely distributed design tools make
it easy for non-designers to shape,
manipulate, and manufacture objects.

Example = http://www.kickstarter.com/projects

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Global Challenges

Our increased capacity to create and evaluate


design solutions allows us to build resilience
and confront the complex challenges ahead.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Amazing Complexity

As we create and consume more information


we face mass complexity, making it critical to
distill clarity.

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Computer-Cluster Projects (CP7)

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Guided Lab Project 1

• Guides instructions for learning the


Showcase interface and essentials.

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Guided Lab Project 2

• Guided instructions for working with


materials and lights.

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Guided Lab Project 3

• Guided instructions for creating shots,


alternates, and behaviors.

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Demo Topics

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Interface Layout

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


View Menu
• Fit to View
– CTRL+F or ALT+L

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View Menu
• Navigation using Mouse and Keyboard
– CTRL+F or ALT+L

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Geometry Selection
• Select in the Organizer

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Visual Styles
• Access
– Appearance > Visual Styles Library
• Keyboard Shortcut: V

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Importing and Adjusting Geometry
• Access
– Appearance > Visual Styles Library
• Keyboard Shortcut: V

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About Materials
• Access
– Menu: Appearance > Materials
• Keyboard Shortcut: M

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Modify Material Properties
• Access
– Menu: Appearance > Material Properties
• Keyboard Shortcut: CTRL+M

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Decals
• Access
– SHIFT+M, or if the Material Properties

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Lights
• Access
– Lights Menu: Scene > Lights
• Keyboard Shortcut: L

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Alternatives
• Model Lineup
– Menu: Story > Alternatives
• Keyboard Shortcut: A

ME 24-688 Introduction to CAD/CAE Tools


Alternatives
• Material Lineup
– Menu: Story > Alternatives
• Keyboard Shortcut: A

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Alternatives
• Positional Lineup
– Menu: Story > Alternatives
• Keyboard Shortcut: A

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1.2 Introduction to Shots
• Access
– Menu: Story > Camera Shots
• Keyboard Shortcut: T
– Menu: Story > Create Shot > Create Start to End
• Keyboard Shortcut: CTRL+SHIFT+T
– Menu: Story > Create Shot > Create Still Shot
• Keyboard Shortcut: CTRL+T

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1.2 Introduction to Behaviors
• Access
– Menu: Story > Behaviors
• Keyboard Shortcut: B

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