Interactive 3D product visualisation for OEMs and capital equipment manufacturers that need one asset to do the work of four.
By Citara Labs, a design and engineering studio. USA.
A photorealistic 3D model of the product built from engineering data, not from approximation. The accuracy that makes the asset usable for service and training, not just for marketing.
The 3D model made interactive: exploded views, component isolation, configuration options, and the ability to navigate the product in ways that a flat render cannot support.
A tool that allows the sales team to configure the product for a specific buyer, in real time, without carrying equipment to the meeting or waiting for a factory quote.
The same asset deployed across sales, training, service, and marketing. Four use cases from one build. The investment pays back across the business, not just in one function.
When the product a company sells is physical, complex, and expensive, static PDFs and flat renders stop doing the work they need to do. The sales team needs to configure it. The training team needs to teach it. The service team needs to troubleshoot it. A digital twin built correctly addresses all four with the same underlying asset.
Sales team carrying samples to every meeting. The product is large, complex, or customisable. The sales team needs to demonstrate it without shipping it.
Training that requires physical presence. Technical training currently requires flying people to a facility. A digital twin delivers the same training without the logistics.
Service documentation that is out of date. Field technicians are working from PDFs that do not reflect the current version of the product. A digital twin is always current.
Marketing that cannot show the product properly. Flat renders and photography cannot communicate the complexity or the configurability of the product. A 3D interactive experience can.
We define which of the four use cases the twin will serve and review the engineering data it will be built from before any 3D work begins.
The 3D asset is built from engineering data and made interactive. Configurator, exploded views, and component navigation built for the specific use cases defined.
The asset is deployed across the channels and platforms it needs to operate in. An ongoing maintenance plan keeps the asset current as the product evolves.
A marketing render and a service-grade digital twin are not the same asset. A marketing render approximates the product. A service-grade digital twin is built from engineering data, is accurate enough for technical use, and can serve training, service, and sales as well as marketing.
Citara Labs builds the second type. One asset, four business outcomes, built from the engineering data that makes it usable for all four.
Built from engineering data. Not an approximation for marketing. A model accurate enough for service and training use.
Four use cases from one build. Sales, training, service, and marketing from the same underlying asset.
Full-stack capability. The 3D asset, the interactive layer, the configurator, and the deployment are all built by the same team.
Ongoing maintenance included. The asset is maintained as the product evolves. A digital twin that falls behind the product it represents stops being useful.
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Interactive 3D product visualisation is one of three services under the Digital Twin Visualization practice. The same underlying asset powers sales enablement, field service documentation, and training from a single build.
See the full practice →A short conversation with a senior partner is enough to scope what the right asset would look like for your product.
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