Animation

TMR

Diverging Diamond Interchange

The Client

The Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is responsible for planning, managing and delivering the state’s integrated transport network. This includes overseeing road infrastructure, motorway upgrades, traffic management, and major transport projects that keep Queensland moving efficiently.

To address growing congestion on one of Queensland’s busiest transport corridors, the Pacific Motorway (M1), TMR delivered Australia’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI), a highly effective road structure that would help keep traffic flowing as smoothly as possible.

The Challenge

Due to the unorthodox structure of the DDI, there were concerns that motorists would have difficulty entering, navigating and exiting the interchange. TMR needed a solution that could clearly demonstrate the many entries and exits of the DDI in a way that was both easy to understand and visually engaging. Ravel was tasked with creating an animated video to communicate this complex road design.

Ravel's Solution

Using CAD and 12D model files, as well as several dozen square kilometres of geographical satellite imagery and topographical data, the Ravel animation team painstakingly recreated the DDI in a highly realistic 3D environment. Next, Ravel integrated motion graphics in the form of a video-game inspired HUD map to better guide viewers through each route of the interchange.

The result is a methodical explainer video that uses high-end 3D visualisation and quality motion graphics to simplify a complex infrastructure concept and help motorists confidently understand how to use the DDI.