Opel production engineers at its International Technical Development Centre in Ruesselsheim, Germany are using 3D virtual realisation tools to assess a new car assembly plant layout.
Opel production engineers at its International Technical Development Centre (ITDC) in Ruesselsheim, Germany are using 3D virtual realisation tools to assess a DM1.5bn (GBP472m) car assembly facility. The plant is scheduled to come on line in 2002 to produce 270,000 cars/year. German journalists recently experienced a live ‘walk-through’ a virtually realised automotive plant.

They wore StereoGraphics’ ‘CrystalEyes’ stereoscopic eyewear.

Immersed in a realistic 3D virtual environment, the participants were able to assess the complexity of a digitised final assembly and body shell construction.

StereoGraphics says that it was the first time that an extremely complex final assembly area had been completely simulated.

Stereoscopic 3D layouts and computer simulations were able to display technical situations in a realistic way.

Opel’s engineers were able to display the potential effects of suggested alternatives for plant layout as soon as they were expressed.