This simulation demonstration has been designed by Sylvain Pedneault (info@firelens.com).
It was built with CommandSim, a powerful fire simulation design software.
The scenario behind this simulation starts with a fire that ignites in a standard organic trash bin located in front of a single-family two-story detached house. The initial fire is most likely caused by ashes or smoking products that were dropped in the bin. The fire consumes the content of the bin, and eventually breaks out. Since the container is immediately in front of the garage door, the fire then spreads to the top of the door, and quickly makes it way into the house. A flame-over eventually occurs on the second floor. The fire is controlled before the first floor gets fully involved.
This demo simulation is unusually complex. It features external vantage points from all 4 sides and all 4 corners of the house (users can move from one point to another using simple navigation controls). Users can choose which of the 9 available states the scenario is in (how far the fire is spreading), and move all around the house at each state. Each point of view is based on a high-quality HDR-processed 1200x798p photograph (shot and processed by Sylvain Pedneault as well), and features approximately 40 smoke and fire generators, either in plain view or partially masked by the house or other objects. The simulation is focused on quality rather than lightweight; thus you should expect that moving from one point to another will take a few seconds. In a more standard simulation, a lot of aspects can be tweaked to optimize download and loading time.
Photographs for this simulation have been taken at Les Industries Bonneville, Inc., a company that builds modular houses. Thanks to their official collaboration, I was able to take photographs of one of their demo houses built in Beloeil (Quebec, Canada). To make the fire scenario more realistic, a standard organic trash bin generously provided by the City of St.Hyacinthe specifically for this project was placed in front of the house.
TECHNICAL FEATURES OF THIS DEMO
If you need virtual fire simulation design services, please contact me at info@firelens.com to inquire about options and pricing. Simulation design projects can include on-site standard or HDR photography, single-view simulation design, multi-view simulation design, and more. Each project requires that the customer be holding a valid CommandSim software license (either IE or DE, depending on the project).