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Seventy five miles inland from the Gulf Coast on the north side of Houston Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. has been building marine thrusters for over twenty years. Working out of three leased buildings in the Northwoods Industrial Park the owner made a bullish move to build the largest dedicated thruster factory in the world.

 

Watson Enterprises (aka MarineImaging.com) is about more than conceptual imaging. It is about bringing ideas to life. Owner/Operator Rob Watson was selected as the Project Manager for construction of this $15m factory and office complex. See the full story here.

WHAT WE DO AT MARINEIMAGING.COM

 

1. Simply put, we provide CAD level vessel and marine product concept modeling and animation in 3D.

 

2. We work directly with our clients using anything from notes on paper napkins to CAD drawings and solid models to develop and work out ideas.

 

3. We then develop that work into a format such as print, web, and videos up to full screen DVD videos for presentations, marketing, and trade shows. And if desired, we can also manage the project.

 

Owner/operator Rob Watson has hands-on experience working in the field as a Boarding Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard, Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement, and public safety EMS. He also has experience in Machining and Fabrication, Machine Integration and Manufacturing Engineering, University Research, and Marketing and Training..., and he brings that kind of experience to the table as we continue to advance with technology to make it even better, faster, and less expensive.

 

The images and files on our web site are not from "stock" photos or renderings. It is a chronological history of what we do for the real world - in real time. MarineImaging.com is a multi-mission, multi-tasking, customer focused entrepreneurship seeking contract work applicable to the real-world of the marine industry design and imaging.

We have provided hands-on personalized services toward the construction of steel and aluminum vessels and products for the marine industry as well as products that go on onto or into them.

 

Our "study plans" can bypass paper sketching and go directly into CAD level 3D to quickly review and study spatial requirements, test the ideas, then communicate 3D images back to the client, rearrange deck plans and design on the fly, and then communicate what it means back to the engineer in CAD level drawings once the client is satisfied. We've even included laser scanning into the process to look at pre and post planning techniques.

 

Throughout the process of conceptual design we can post updated images into your own personal folder for you to access at your convenience from anywhere in the world with Internet access. No having to wait for us to send them or have them get bogged down by over-full mail boxes or security software.

 

Naval Architects and Marine Engineers are essential. No doubt about it! However, there are many options to explore in custom design.  So, involving the professional engineer before you are ready for actual engineering might lead you down a path for which you are not ready at that time.

 

We can work directly with you to hammer out your ideas..., but, with the understanding that our work will eventually be delivered to the PE for design and construction. The more visually and dimensionally accurate information we can provide, the more likely you are to be satisfied with the long term results.

 

The computer is a powerful. In addition to designing a working vessel, a manufacturing machine, or marine products we can also produce a video (or use one you've already had produced), incorporate just about any digital imaging data you need for marketing or training, and then author and burn a master CD or DVD for distribution. WE are about the entire process of MarineImaging.

 

Don't get caught in a time crunch.  Lead times are important and this is a first come, first serve business.

 

Need a marketing or training video to run on your clients computers? Mix interviews, animated walk-throughs, product images, voice-overs, and music backgrounds to make it look like you spent millions..., for a fraction of the cost. (See our Examples Page to review several video options.)

 

Take a hundred or so CD's or DVD's with you to hand out to potential clients. Interactive functions can lead potential clients directly from specific points on our CD to pages on your web site* in seconds!

 

If you don't currently have a video we can produce it for you for Internet delivery, produce it as a DVD, or burn it in MPEG format on the CD with interactive pages so your clients can watch it at higher quality than most Internet connection speeds can deliver.

(* Client must be connected to the Internet and the URL must remain the same after distribution of the CD.)

 

As a value added service to our customers we are developing a production library of dimensionally accurate OEM machines, equipment, and components offered by and used in support of vessel design and the marine industry as a whole, including reduction gears, HVAC, electrical panels, engines, pumps, framing, marine hardware, tools, assets, and outside equipment such as gantry cranes, davits, hoists, and deck gear.

 

We would like to install your product into our library using your 3D CAD files. If do not have them converted, let's talk about how to get the drawings prepared for distribution from a web based library.

 

See our Examples page - 3D CAD Accurate Objects and Imaging Solutions to better understand what we are talking about. If you don't see a visual representation of your product, then we'd sure like to talk to you.

 

Protection of your proprietary designs is our utmost concern so bring your Confidentiality Agreement, or we'll bring ours.

ThermoProbe, Inc. had the ability to produce their own in-house CD along with their web site and all the graphics and content. What they didn't have was the ability to produce the video they wanted.

 

Working with their in-house graphics team we used content they had already generated for their web site, the music they selected, and their basic script to produce the video at MPEG-1 and then sent it to them on a CD.

They took the video, compressed it to WMV, embedded it into a web page and posted it on their web site. Now, the billfold CD links to their web site and their web site contains the video we did.

 

Allow us to work with your in-house design group to assemble what you need for marketing or training.

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