Walk through and animation facilitates architects to allow clients visualize the
true perspective and beauty of a building with life like colors and textures to get that WOW effect. It clears all ambiguity about the final outcome of a building, which is always a case of concern with 2D drawings.
From concrete finish to glass or wooden finishes, walk through and animation give clients the freedom to visualize and select the final product at will. 3D drawings also play an integral part in architectural walk through. 3D is very helpful with complex surface areas and volumetric calculations to help determine the cost of materials used. The best way to elucidate the aforementioned gift of animation is to evaluate a project. Supposedly there is an old building standing in a particular area and a construction company is planning to pull it down and raise a residential and commercial township in that place. The whole process is very hard for anyone to imagine, this is where animated and architectural walkthrough will enable prospective clients to see how the township will shape up and finally invest money in it.
Whether its architecture or animation they are all creative domains and both complement each other, architectural walk through projects have created many job opportunities in the field of animation. This has resulted in architectural walkthrough being included in the course curriculum of 3D animation institute in India. A recent educational survey has found that the number of students enrolling for animation courses have been rapidly growing. It has been noted that even architects and civil engineers are enrolling for short term courses in animation followed by an advanced diploma in 3D animation. This added knowledge gives them an extra boost to their career and makes their profile all the more dynamic.
It has also been observed that the 3D animation institutes in India are also churning out every year a crop of students who move on to specialize in 3D rendering and creation of architectural walk through. These breed of animation artist are becoming an asset for the real estate companies.