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Industrial & Engineering CGI.

For products where the complexity of the engineering is the story, and the CGI has to honour it completely.

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Overview

A CGI studio that answers to the engineering team, not just the marketing team.

Industrial and engineering products make specific demands of a CGI studio. The mechanism has to animate to the correct sequence. The tolerances have to be visually preserved. The material has to read as the specific alloy or coating, not a generic approximation. The dimensions have to match the engineering drawings. And the people reviewing the output include the engineers who designed it.

XO3D has worked with precision engineering companies, industrial automation brands, and mechanical systems manufacturers across years of production. Our Technical CGI service, built around CAD-accurate modelling, engineering team involvement in the review process, and physically based material reconstruction from material specifications, is designed for exactly this sector.

Industrial and engineering CGI, XO3D Studio
For products where the complexity of the engineering is the story, mechanism animations, exploded views, pre-manufacture visualisation.

What We Produce

For industrial and engineering brands.

Mechanism Animations

How it works, shown correctly

Assembly sequences, mechanism reveals, and operational animations that show how a product functions, at the correct technical sequence, for any audience from engineers to investors.

Technical Product Films

Precision meets narrative

Films that communicate a product's technical value without sacrificing visual quality. Engineered for both marketing and technical sales contexts from a single brief.

Exploded Views & Documentation

Component-level clarity

Exploded assembly views, cross-sections, and component callout renders for technical documentation, patent submissions, and engineering sales materials.

Our Process for Industrial Projects

How XO3D works with technically complex products.

  1. STAGE 1

    CAD & Technical Onboarding

    We receive and review your CAD files, engineering drawings, and material specifications. We identify gaps in the technical data and resolve them before modelling begins. An early-stage model review is shared with your engineering team, not just your marketing team, before any final production begins.

  2. STAGE 2

    Engineering Team Review

    The people who built the product are the people best qualified to confirm whether the visualisation is accurate. XO3D includes an engineering review stage in every industrial project, a formal checkpoint where your technical team reviews the model before animation or final rendering begins.

  3. STAGE 3

    Material & Mechanism Development

    Materials are built from your material specifications, not library approximations. If the product uses a specific aluminium alloy with a specific anodising process, we research and reconstruct that finish. Mechanisms are animated to the correct operational sequence, verified against your engineering documentation.

  4. STAGE 4

    Parallel Technical + Creative Review

    Two review tracks run in parallel: your technical team confirms accuracy; your marketing team confirms communication effectiveness. Both inform the final output until both are satisfied.

Related Work

CAD-accurate work, delivered.

Airdri hand dryer CGI

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Airdri Hand Dryer, Mechanism CGI

Technical CGI built from CAD data to communicate the engineering inside a precision-manufactured hand dryer.

Compact MD medical technology animation

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Compact MD, Medical Tech Animation

Mechanism animation produced for a precision medical device with engineering team review built into the production pipeline.

AUAR Robotic MicroFactory assembling a timber wall panel

Case Study · Construction Robotics

AUAR MicroFactory Product CGI

A director-led CGI film and launch visual suite built from CAD before the physical robot cell existed.

FAQ

Industrial CGI questions.

What CAD file formats does XO3D accept?
XO3D accepts STEP, IGES, SolidWorks (.SLDPRT/.SLDASM), Rhino (.3DM), AutoCAD (.DWG/.DXF), Fusion 360, Catia, and most major CAD formats. We review your specific files before quoting to confirm geometry quality and identify any areas that need technical attention before modelling begins.
What if the product design changes during production?
Engineering products often change during development. XO3D builds industrial projects with version control and a structured change-request process. Minor design changes (surface geometry updates, component adjustments) can usually be implemented efficiently. Fundamental mechanism changes require a revised scope conversation. We surface this honestly and quickly, never on the final invoice.

Start the conversation

Have a complex engineering product that needs a specialist studio?

Tell us about the product, the technical data you have, and what the visualisation needs to do. We'll tell you whether we're the right studio for it.

Discuss your technical brief

Planning your project

The engineering is the story.

Industrial products often need to be understood by people with different levels of technical knowledge. The engineer sees the mechanism. The buyer needs to understand what it enables.

XO3D develops CGI that connects those views. The work can explain a component, an assembly or a larger system without losing the product's frame of reference.

Tell us about your brief
AUAR robotic MicroFactory in a homebuilding production setting
AUAR MicroFactory. Explore the project

Establish scale and sequence.

Show where the product sits before entering the detail. Give the viewer a clear reference for size, movement and the relationship between parts.

A camera move should answer a question. An internal view should expose the feature that matters. A label should clarify a specific point rather than fill a frame.

Bring engineering into review.

Use the current data, identify assumptions and nominate the technical reviewer. Confirm geometry and operating sequence before finishing the shot.

Marketing and engineering need a shared approval route. When feedback changes the product rather than its presentation, record the affected version and outputs.

Produce for the conversation.

A technical sales meeting, exhibition screen and product page may need different pacing and explanation. Define the viewing context in the brief.

The finished work can include a directed film, supporting feature sequences and stills. Select the formats that help the audience reach the next useful question.

Relevant work.

AUAR's MicroFactory demonstrates the communication of an industrial system. Petalite shows an infrastructure product developed through a CGI visual story. Each case explains its own brief and production decisions.

Engineering CGI questions.

Is CGI a substitute for engineering analysis?

No. A communication asset depicts the approved source and explanation. Simulation, certification and engineering validation are separate requirements.

Can confidential products be discussed?

Tell us what can be shared initially. Agree the appropriate handling before transferring sensitive files.

Bring us the difficult explanation.

Share what the product does, who needs to understand it and which details must remain exact.

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Other industries we work with

About the studio

XO3D is a director-led product CGI studio, incorporated as XO3D Ltd in 2019 (UK Companies House 11876020). Founded by Thomas Howcroft (Founder and Creative Director) and Alex Mann (Co-Founder and Managing Director). Based at the Business and Technology Centre in Stevenage, UK, with representation at 244 Fifth Avenue, New York. We work with tech, industrial and premium consumer brands on product films, launch stills and interactive experiences.

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