Technical animation services, checked by mechanical engineers.
When the point of the film is how something works, accuracy is the whole job. We animate working principles, flows and mechanisms from your CAD, and our engineers sign off the kinematics before anything is rendered.
Mechanisms, flows and principles, shown correctly.
For sales engineers, training departments and documentation teams who cannot afford an animation that is wrong.
- Working principleHow the mechanism produces the result: compression, metering, clamping, sensing.
- Flow and mediaAir, fluid, granulate or web path shown through the machine with direction and state.
- Cutaway and x-rayHousings sectioned or ghosted so internal parts are visible while they move.
- Exploded and assemblyParts in the right order, for service, training and spare parts identification.
- Stills for documentsAny frame exported as a print-resolution illustration for manuals and tenders.
Why technical animation is a different trade
A general animation studio starts with how the film should look. Technical animation starts with what has to be true. Which shaft turns which way, where the medium enters and leaves, which part is fixed and which floats. Get one of those wrong and an engineer in the audience stops trusting the supplier.
3DEnginuity is a team of mechanical engineers and 3D specialists, led by an engineer registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council. Every assembly is read as an engineering object first: motion is derived from the mates and the function, not invented in the timeline. Where your CAD does not contain the answer, we ask rather than guess.
Subjects we animate
- Pumps, compressors and valves: flow paths, sealing concepts and stages of compression
- Drives and actuators: spindle, gear and bearing arrangements in x-ray
- Process equipment: heating, mixing, filling and cleaning cycles
- Production machinery: web paths, format changes, tool changes and safety functions
- Sensors and instruments: the sensing principle and the installation
Deliverables that reuse the work
A technical film is also a source of illustrations. Cutaway stills, exploded views and step images for the manual are exported from the same scene, which is why documentation teams often commission the film and the illustration set together. See exploded views and technical illustration and assembly and installation animation.
Price and timing
A focused technical film of 20 to 45 seconds is $3,200. A full process explanation of 60 seconds is $6,500. Both include CAD preparation, which is done once, by the engineers who understand the assembly, and reused for every later deliverable.
Prices.
Published, fixed and with CAD preparation included. Prices are for one machine or a compact line; components cost less and large multi-machine lines more.
| Deliverable | Typical delivery | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Technical film, 20 to 45 secondsOne mechanism or principle, with cutaway | 2 to 4 weeks | $3,200 |
| Process film, 60 secondsFull flow through a machine or line | 4 to 8 weeks | $6,500 |
| Assembly or service filmChaptered procedure with callouts | 4 to 8 weeks | $5,200 |
| Cutaway or x-ray stillPrint-resolution section view | 2 to 4 working days | $690 |
| Exploded view set of threeWith balloon numbering | 4 to 7 working days | $1,150 |
Examples from our work.
Real projects built from engineering CAD. Each page shows the full set and how it was made. See the full portfolio
Film, 59sInjection moulding process animation
Hopper, heated screw, mould filling and ejection in one 60-second process film.
Film, 13sRotary screw compressor animation
Enclosure fades to reveal twin-screw airend, motor and cooler in x-ray.
Film, 17sLinear actuator x-ray animation
X-ray housing, exploded lead screw and gear train, then reassembly.
Questions buyers ask.
Something else? Write to bilal.naseem@3denginuity.com.
What is technical animation?
Technical animation is 3D animation whose purpose is to explain how a product, mechanism or process works. It is built from engineering data and judged on accuracy first, using devices such as cutaways, x-ray views, exploded sequences and flow visualisation.
How much do technical animation services cost?
A 20 to 45 second technical film is $3,200, a 60 second process film is $6,500 and an assembly or service film is $5,200, with CAD preparation included. Each further film from the same model is at least 20 per cent less.
Who checks that the animation is correct?
Our mechanical engineers read every assembly before production and check every film before delivery. The team is led by Engr. Bilal Naseem, who is registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council. You also approve a storyboard or animatic before full production.
Can you work from 2D drawings?
Yes. Where no 3D CAD exists we rebuild the geometry from drawings, as we did for CeramOptec. That adds about 25 per cent to the first project.
Can the film be used in training and manuals?
Yes. Films are delivered chapter-ready and any frame can be exported as a print-resolution still for documentation.