000007564 001__ 7564 000007564 005__ 20240627163901.0 000007564 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-8198.2019.007 000007564 035__ $$a3381464 000007564 037__ $$aGENERAL 000007564 245__ $$aIntegrated Use of 3D Modelling tools and Virtual Reality to facilitate Design 000007564 269__ $$a2019-07-02 000007564 336__ $$aConference Proceedings 000007564 520__ $$aThe technologies of: Anthropometric Modelling, Game Engine animation and Virtual Reality were integrated to facilitate early design decisions in the design of future Naval weapon systems and their integration into current and future Naval platforms. CAD Models of existing or future ships were imported into a 3D Games engine (Unity) along with CAD Models from the ship architect/designer of specific compartments where weapon system installations were proposed. Extremes of the user population (e.g. 3rd percentile Navy female and 97th percentile Navy male) were modelled performing the installation / maintenance tasks on the equipment and this was then exported/imported into the 3D Unity environment and viewed from predefined eye height perspectives. Within the Unity 3D environment, realistic dynamic aspects of the real world were added – e.g. ship movement in light or heavy seas as well as consequent human head / body movement (compensating for ship movement) and the effects that this may have on the task. In addition weather and visibility effects can be added which may affect the user’s ability to perform the tasks. Design engineers viewing the model in VR were able to get a sense of the distances / gaps / access from within the 3D model itself and make/feedback design recommendations from the unique perspective of being immersed within the design itself. 000007564 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 000007564 6531_ $$aHuman Factors 000007564 6531_ $$aVirtual Reality 000007564 6531_ $$aGames Engine 000007564 6531_ $$aModelling 000007564 6531_ $$aDesign 000007564 6531_ $$aIntegration 000007564 6531_ $$aMarine systems 000007564 7001_ $$aLeahy, D$$uMBDA UK Limited ("MBDA") 000007564 7001_ $$aVance, C$$uMBDA UK Limited ("MBDA") 000007564 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of MECSS 000007564 773__ $$jMECSS 2019 000007564 789__ $$whttps://zenodo.org/record/3381464$$2URL$$eIsIdenticalTo 000007564 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/mecss$$yConference website 000007564 8564_ $$94e9257ce-613e-42c6-b8f8-f0918f19fffd$$s6570791$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7564/files/MECSS%202019%20Paper%20007%20Leahy%20Final%20P.pdf