This series of short videos from the Science Channel reveal the hidden workings of our everyday world with photo-realistic 3D graphics to explode appliances, products and machines into their component parts.
The combination of video footage, CGI, interviews, and of course, overly-dramatic narration really pulls you in and gets you interested in the topic.
Very impressive James. I watched the full playlist. I found the Jukebox video very interesting as Dennison’s Technical Illustration book has a cover dedicated with its cutaway.
Hewe is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TjGWsFEVQI
Does anyone know what software they used for this? My company wants me to do something along these lines. I don’t know about the high end video but the exploded animations are what catches their attention.
The best I could do is find the production company who made it: http://www.windfallfilms.com/show.aspx?program=6811
Really, the objects could be modelled and animated in just about any 3D software (Blender, Maya, Cinema4D, modo, Rhino, etc.) and rendered in a wide range of renderers (Arnold, Octane, Keyshot, Renderman, etc.).
If you have CAD models, start by looking for 3D software that will work with that format.