The 89th Oscars are under a week away on February 26th, and we know a recipient of a Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Technical Award and it is not one of our traditional film tools like Autodesk Maya involved in this specific one. This Technical Award was for a design created using Autodesk Inventor for a mechanical running horse by longtime Inventor power user Scott Oshita of Datum3. The design is purely mechanical, elegant, and seen more big screen appearances than many Hollywood actors. The design was made into a physical prop. Perhaps you seen it recently in the HBO series Westworld.
Here are some images showing the design in Autodesk Inventor:
Movies and television where the running horse model appeared:
Even more amazing is the project was accomplished in only 7 days!
Scott’s notes on the 7 day design and build project:
”Seven days for any…
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