Recently I told you how the New Zealand-based company Urban Voyage is helping owners better understand the technical and aesthetic features of their yachts. By taking the engineering and interior-design drawings and combining them into one file that’s Web-accessible by everyone involved in the project, Urban Voyage is also helping the various parties better communicate changes they’d like to see and have questions addressed.
Now the company has released a new software system that furthers these benefits, though it can be used by builders and designers as early as the marketing stage, when they’re trying to attract clients. Called YachtVIEU, it’s an interactive, 3D presentation–and all it requires to use is Adobe Acrobat, which every computer already has.
New Zealand Yachts and Lazzara Yachts (above) are among the megayacht builders using YachtVIEU. In a nutshell, the program lets users manipulate the image to see the yacht’s shapes from any angle, and even “fly” up close to inspect deck layouts and interior arrangements. There’s also the ability to view step-by-step construction processes. All of this is shown in animation, which makes the learning process more enjoyable. In addition, Urban Voyage makes the YachtVIEU documents available as 10- to 20-MB downloadable files or a maximum of 5-MB files so that they can be e-mailed.
To get a better idea of how the specifics work, click here. The demo is for a 163-foot wavepiercer, pictured above, by New Zealand Yachts. You can hit the Play button and let the demo automatically take you through various views, and you can even watch as the colors of the sundeck furnishings change. Or, you can move the image around as you wish, seeing cross-sections of the decks. I did both, and they’re equally remarkable. YachtVIEU goes a long way toward making the design and build process smoother for all.
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