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Accident Reconstruction Visualization & Animation

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Our team at ToPa 3D Helps investigators tell the visual story of cases.

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Our 3D animations and visualizations provides investigators and attorneys with the visual representation of what happened in a civil or criminal situation. That visual representation tells the story and helps everyone understand what truly occurred based on evidence.

3D visualization offers significant benefits in the accident reconstruction market, providing clear, accurate, and compelling visual representations of events that are often complex to explain. By transforming survey-grade data and real evidence into detailed 3D models, law firms can deliver impactful explanatory videos that make the sequence of events more understandable for judges, juries, and clients.

At ToPa 3D, we specialize in creating these high-quality visualizations to support legal cases, offering clear insights into accident scenarios based on precise, field-collected data. Our videos have helped law firms build stronger cases by providing reliable, visual narratives that clarify the circumstances of an incident, making the evidence easier to interpret and more persuasive. Whether it’s for insurance claims, courtroom presentations, or settlements, our reality capture solutions help law firms advocate effectively for their clients.

Insurance claims

Bring clarity to complex accident scenes. Our 3D animations can recreate vehicle collisions, slip & falls, and product malfunctions, helping you demonstrate liability and causation.

Civil Litigation

Showcase complex scenarios in easy-to-understand visuals. Whether it's a product liability case, medical malpractice, or premises liability, our animations can effectively communicate the sequence of events and aid juries in reaching a verdict or a successful settlement.

Criminal Investigations

Virtually reconstruct crime scenes for juries and judges. Animations can visualize witness testimony, trace suspect movements, and illustrate forensic evidence, strengthening your case narratives.

evidence based

It is important to represent only what is provided in evidence and to do our due dilligence on all of the information provided to include speed of vehicles, environmental conditions, and the physics of the movement in the accident to maintain the integrity of evidence.

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The ToPa 3D team are all highly trained in the reality capture services we provide to include but not limited to:

Data collection and processing of 3D laser scanning
Photogrammetry
360 degree photo and video capture
Drone mapping and videography
And a variety of rendering and animation work for investigators and attorneys

I highly recommend ToPa 3D for time-sensitive and crucial forensics simulation work to any firm that is looking to create accurate and compelling fact-based narratives. The Judge in our case called ToPa’s work the best simulation they have ever seen.
Adam Springer, Yaquina Law LLC, Newport, OR

The responsiveness in correspondence was good. Scheduling the scan was easy and they were flexible with their schedule which allowed us to get this done quickly. The scan data looks good and complete. It's exactly what we needed.
Brandon Bass, MW Design Workshop

I highly recommend ToPa 3D for time-sensitive and crucial forensics simulation work to any firm that is looking to create accurate and compelling fact-based narratives. The Judge in our case called ToPa’s work the best simulation they have ever seen.
Adam Springer, Yaquina Law LLC, Newport, OR

The responsiveness in correspondence was good. Scheduling the scan was easy and they were flexible with their schedule which allowed us to get this done quickly. The scan data looks good and complete. It's exactly what we needed.
Brandon Bass, MW Design Workshop

Case study

Animating Evidence in 3D

A resident mows their lawn (4mph) on a rural road as a garbage truck collects trash. They cautiously pass on the left, hugging the curb. Then, the truck pulls out, colliding with the mower.

Could the garbage truck driver see the person on the mower? Was there a blind spot? How could that be proved?

See how the team at ToPa 3D was able to answer these questions and provide investigators with accident reconstruction animations that proved to be vital to their case.

Read the full case study

Case study

Animating Evidence in 3D

A resident mows their lawn (4mph) on a rural road as a garbage truck collects trash. They cautiously pass on the left, hugging the curb. Then, the truck pulls out, colliding with the mower. Could the garbage truck driver see the person on the mower? Was there a blind spot? How could that be proved? See how the team at ToPa 3D was able to answer these questions and provide investigators with accident reconstruction animations that proved to be vital to their case.

Read the full case study

Tools we use for Accident reconstruction animations and visualizations

For architectural, detailed landscape, and other localized proximity 3D documentation, terrestrial scanning is ToPa 3D's solution for the majority of projects involving the built environment.

Our lightweight terrestrial, phase-shift and time-of-flight laser scanners mount on tripods providing clients with high detail laser scans (point clouds). These point clouds can vary in resolution, are measurable within millimeters (2mm per scan and 6mm across multiple, registered scans) with ranges up to 350 meters, can be colorized for photo-realism, and can be converted into a format acceptable by most CAD software on the market.

ToPa 3D provides image capture from a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) types with each having unique functions, speed capabilities, and setups for the task at hand.

Having a variety of payloads to choose from to include LiDAR, thermal cameras, high-resolution inspection and cinematography lenses, minimal distortion lenses for mapping, wide-angle lenses, and a variety of others to ensure the mission is accomplished and the data is processed to meet the needs of the project. 100% of our staff are highly-trained FAA Remote Pilot - sUAS Rating Certified, Part 107.

Creating and editing 2D and 3D vector and point cloud models through a variety of programs has been the foundation of our firm.

ToPa 3D staff has mastery in a wide variety of drafting and modeling products to include: Bentley Systems, Autodesk, FARO Scene, Leica Cyclone, Meshlab, Blender Game Engine, Geomagic, Polyworks, ESRI, QGIS, 3D Printing Software, and many more. We’ll work with you to determine your Level of Detail (LOD) needs and meet your goals with a well flushed out scope before work begins.

We are multilingual with moving and converting 2D and 3D data from one program or data-format to another for the purpose of accomplishing complex or unique projects. This is something we do on a daily basis and is what sets us apart as problem solvers with 3D data. Platforms we use well include Clearedge 3D, TopoDOT, Trimble Connect, Bentley Systems, Autodesk, CloudCompare, Blender Game Engine, ArcGIS, Terrasolid, GitHub, and anything else that will ensure the data is accessible for the project needs.

Projects that have a need for virtual tours, remote site access, engaging stakeholders, or other quick and simple visualization needs will benefit from our 360 camera services. ToPa 3D offers a variety of software hosting packages both proprietary and commercially available on the market for sequencing together 360 “bubble” photos to virtually walk spaces or even generate 3D models for online compelling visualizations from this tool.

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