Assembly Animations

[Lewis C]

Hello,

 

I use inventor 2012 to produce our products in 3D. I create product assembly animations using Inventor Studio, but with our subscription I also have Showcase and 3ds Max, which I think can also create animations, if so which is best suited to produce realistic product assembly animations?? Or should I stick with Inventor Studio?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Lewis.

[Lewis C]

Any help please? Just a quick answer.

[JD Mather]

If you are asking the question, it must be assumed that you are not satisfied with the Inventor Studio solution.

I don't think there is an Easy Button solution if that is what you are looking for. There will be considerable training costs and learning curve associated with learning another tool.

I recommend talking to your VAR and find some examples of what you would like to do and research what tools were used to make these examples.

[Lewis C]

Hi JD,

 

Its not that i'm unsatisfied its just out of curiosity, I have the programs installed so why not use them if I can gain benefit? And yes I understand there is training involved but I am an apprentice and training is something i'm very familiar with.

[Pablo Ferral]

Showcase is probably simpler and more automated, but might be frustrating if you are used to working with a high level of control.

 

Studiomax is probably the one with the most power, but it is also the most complex and takes quite a while to learn and get good at using it.

 

You should ask your vendor to demo the products so you can see how long it would take to do a comparable process and see what sort of quality you get as an end result.

[Lewis C]

Ok thank you Pablo, and yes I can imagine Studiomax being hard to learn as it does look very complex, ill have to look into it further.