Offshore platform
Wide shot of an offshore platform, built for campaign openers and tradeshow screens.
3D animation for oil & gas and industrial equipment
Mechanically accurate animation built from your CAD. Show buyers how your equipment works, from the wellbore to the plant floor.
Since 2014
Lafayette, Louisiana
Trusted by Mitsubishi, Expro, and Drilling Tools International
The work
Downhole tools, offshore operations, process facilities, and industrial products. Start with the demo reel, then see recent pieces below.
Coiled tubing spread
Aerial of a coiled tubing unit on location: reel trailer, support trucks, crane, and containers.
Landing string
Offshore deck close-up of a landing string and running tool in a steel handling frame.
Small-scale LNG facility
Process piping on pipe supports with pumps, skids, and light vapor.
Offshore support vessel
Support vessel hauling deepwater equipment at sea.
Downhole tool cutaway
A completion tool run in casing through layered rock, then set in place. The part of the job no one can see, shown step by step.
Subsea diamond wire saw
ROV-deployed cutter approaching a flanged conductor on the seabed for a decommissioning cut.
Oval gear flow meter
Full product animation of a flow meter on a pipe run, including the internal gears and flow path.
Services
Every project starts from your engineering data, so what buyers see matches what you build.
Equipment and product animation
Tools, valves, pumps, meters, and skids shown operating exactly as designed.
Downhole and well intervention
Cutaways that show running, setting, releasing, and retrieving inside the wellbore.
Offshore, subsea, and facilities
Platforms, vessels, ROV work, LNG and process plants, with your equipment in context.
Interactive 3D product explorers
Touchscreen apps for tradeshows and training. Rotate the tool, tap a component, open a section view, play the animation.
Photoreal renderings
Still images for catalogs, websites, and brochures, consistent across a full product line.
Social cuts and language versions
Short clips for LinkedIn, vertical and square formats, and translated versions from the same master.
Industries served: oil and gas drilling, completions, and well intervention; offshore, subsea, and decommissioning; LNG and process facilities; flow measurement; and industrial manufacturing and automation.
About Focus Digital Design
A 3D technical animation studio in Lafayette, Louisiana, founded in 2014 and focused on oil and gas and industrial equipment.
We are a small team. Founder Brett Gauthier, a UL Lafayette graduate, leads every project and is your contact from quote to delivery. Current and recent LSU graduates support our rendering and production.
Service companies and manufacturers use our animations to sell equipment, train crews, and explain processes that are hard to see in the field. Engineers can check the accuracy. Sales and marketing teams get something people actually watch.
Companies we have worked with include
- Mitsubishi
- Expro
- Drilling Tools International
How projects are priced
Every animation is quoted on scope. A short tool reveal and a full process sequence are different jobs, and you only pay for the one you need.
Every quote includes revision rounds and final delivery in the formats you need.
- Source filesClean CAD shortens the schedule. Drawings or photos mean more modeling.
- ComplexityOne mechanism, a multi-step sequence, or a full site.
- EffectsFluid, particles, and physics add setup and render time.
- SettingStudio background, partial environment, or a complete rig or facility.
- DeliverablesLength, number of cuts, formats, and language versions.
Common questions
How much does a 3D animation cost?
Every project is quoted on scope: the condition of your source files, how complex the motion is, simulated effects, how much environment surrounds the equipment, and how many cuts, formats, and languages you need. Send a short description through the quote form and you will get a quote.
What do you need from me to start?
CAD files of the equipment and a short description of what the animation needs to show. Without CAD, drawings, photos, and dimensions work, though modeling from scratch adds time.
How long does a project take?
The schedule is set in your quote and depends on scope. Short marketing clips move faster than multi-step process animations or full facility scenes.
Who will I work with?
Founder Brett Gauthier is your direct contact from quote to final delivery.
Do you work with companies outside Louisiana?
Yes. Projects are handled and delivered remotely, so location is not a limit.
What formats do you deliver?
Video in widescreen, vertical, and square formats, high-resolution still renderings, and interactive 3D applications for touchscreens and training.
Do you work with marketing agencies?
Yes. Agencies serving energy and industrial brands bring us in as their 3D animation team, including white-label projects.
Request a quote
Tell us about your equipment and what the animation needs to show. You will hear back directly from Brett.