Description
Advanced pedestrian modelling software
What is MassMotion?
Central to achieving a fast return on investment, MassMotion’s capabilities are updated continuously to ensure we meet your requirements. MassMotion was created to solve a clear need. With advanced BIM import tools, enhanced 3D geometry, a flexible user interface, reduced file sizes to help manage storage, rapid analysis capabilities and powerful visualisation features, you can test and analyse a wide variety of environments. MassMotion fits within BIM workflows and embraces automation and customisation so you can focus on putting people at the heart of the design process and the value of your space.
Discover MassMotion
MassMotion is based on comprehensive research and validated for a range of conditions. It takes the risk out of design and operational changes through rapid testing in an accurate virtual environment. Focusing on benefits such as clarity of movement, removal of bottlenecks, and clear egress time helps you communicate design changes seamlessly to stakeholders. This reduces costs and saves time in the planning and construction stages of your project.
MassMotion is used by building designers, operators and master planners who are required to ensure spaces perform efficiently and safely. With MassMotion’s flexibility, we have seen an increasing use across a large variety of spaces including fire egress, transport and aviation planning, urban and commercial planning, architecture and more. If you design or operate buildings where the impact of people movement needs to be managed, MassMotion is the ideal software to test and communicate these factors. MassMotion’s capabilities extend beyond standard building or operational designs. It can be used to model an extensive variety of environments and scenarios including infrastructure, retail buildings, event and entertainment spaces, campus planning, public realm, performance-based design for more creative designs, and more.
Core Capabilities
- Enhanced 3D geometry: Import geometry to establish parameters such as population and schedules. This allows for rapid testing of different scenarios and the running of a range of analyses.
- Rapid analysis: Understand congestion hot spots, wait time, and other spatial performance metrics and then run scenarios to understand the impact of changed parameters.
- Software Development Kit: Unlock direct access to the MassMotion crowd engine to customise your models and create an environment that fits your exacting requirements. The SDK puts you in the driver's seat of your designs, allowing you to control the advanced algorithms used, the simulations and the agents within
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Capabilities of MassMotion
Combine 2D and 3D assets – A purpose built, object-based interface has been developed for our software, that enables users to rapidly develop pedestrian environments using imported CAD/BIM geometry. Import a 3D model from a wide range of products including AutoCAD, MicroStation, Sketch-Up, Rhino and Revit. MassMotion supports Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) which enable MassMotion to sit directly within BIM workflows making use of your rich data sets.
Once your geometry is in place MassMotion provides tools to rapidly classify objects that form a pedestrian network including floors, doorways, stairs and escalators. If your geometry is imported from an IFC file MassMotion can automatically determine the classification of objects from the IFC metadata. Files from all leading CAD programmes can be imported and combined.
Compatible with your favourite tools
- SketchUp
- 3DS Max
- Autodesk Revit
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Rhino
- Graphisoft ARCHICAD
- Vectorworks
- Bentley Microstation
- FBX and DXF
You can also create 3D environments from scratch, including a range of objects such as barriers, escalators, stairs or ramps with inbuilt polygon modelling tools. These environments can be simulated with an unlimited number of agents – allowing you monitor pedestrian flow and identify crowding issues. This platform allows you to test new ideas and refine ideas until the desired outcome has been achieved.
There are four main scheduling options;
- Journey
- Circulate
- Vehicle
- Evacuate
Journey and circulate allow you to designate a route for agents to take and determine whether or not you require them to circulate. The vehicle scheduling event allows you to schedule arrival, boarding and alighting times of vehicles to and from specific zones. Simulating evacuations using MassMotion provides multiple variables open to manipulate. Set designated exit zones in addition to timings, agent origins and count.
Defining crowds, agent counts and agent journeys is possible with the OD based options for specific journeys, normal circulation and evacuation. Specify agent counts by origin and destination within the model, and the rates and times at which agents are created in the model can be tailored to the specific project.
In MassMotion it is also possible to drive simulations using the Timetables feature which allows you to use spreadsheets to define and manipulate agent activities.
Using a high-performance database to store and retrieve simulation results, you can rapidly analyse designs using a variety of built-in graphing, mapping and filtering tools. This system is highly scalable for large crowds and for simulation scenarios that cover multiple days. Leveraging the 3D capabilities of our software, the analysis system enables users to develop custom insights based on spatial, temporal, operational, and personal characteristics of people and their environment.
Statistical and spatial analysis options
It is also customisable – you can create custom analyses such as queuing times and lengths, how long it takes for people to get from one point to another, level of comfort, retail footfall, and optimum signage locations based on spatial, temporal, operational, and personal characteristics.
All of which can be presented as easy-to-understand graphs and visuals.
The industry’s first software development kit gives users complete control over the advanced algorithms used, the simulation and the agents within. Used widely within Universities for research purposes, it will help you create an environment that fits your exacting requirements. The SDK is available to all subscribed MassMotion users, click here for the latest user guide.
• Script autocomplete: building on the Script object, they are now significantly easier to learn and use thanks to autocomplete functionality. Find a list of possible functions rapidly without needing to consult documentation.
• Section tool: display complex scenes more easily using the section tool.
• Tally object improvements: Tally objects offer powerful conditional behaviour options for modellers. Defining tallies has been reworked to make this more intuitive and flexible, and new features were added.
• Simulation performance improvements: some models will run faster due to improvements to the simulation threading system.
• Geometry improvements: simplify geometry faster and interact with 2D imports more easily due to improvements in multiple geometry systems.
• New import formats: added support for PLY, STL, and more import and export files.
• Enhanced support for high DPI screens.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.
MassMotion is verified in accordance with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 1238 and the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Technical Note 1822.
You can download a copy of the Verification and Validation document here.
The movement of passengers is highly complex especially in large transport hubs such as train stations and airport terminals. Taking airports as an example, there are multiple check-in desks with passengers going to hundreds of destinations on any single day. A set number of passengers will frequent each of these desks at specific times during the day, and then travel to their respective departure gate. The larger airports can expect hundreds of thousands of arrivals, who will move through a specific route, usually collecting luggage before leaving the airport. MassMotion allows users to create these complex timetables such as arrivals, boarding and departures using a simple Microsoft Excel import.
Simulate complex scenarios with ease
You can also assign specific properties to individual or groups of agents such as fast track tickets, target end destinations or even the feeling of hunger– prompting them to search for food outlets. For example, a group of travellers waiting to check-in at an airport can be divided by those with economy tickets and those with other classes of tickets, they will then be checked in at the appropriate desk.
Each simulated agent has their own agenda and will respond to changes in the environment around them in real time based on academic research and social modelling. For example, they may choose to take the stairs when faced with congestion at an escalator, or join the queue for a turnstile that has just switched from closed to open. Furthermore, changes to design geometry are automatically incorporated, enabling you to easily test, re-design and re-test without the burden of reconfiguration.
Airport check-in simulation
The actions manager allows users to control the simulation in more detail. Logical and probability action graphs can be applied to agents throughout their journey to change their tasks or individual properties. Triggers can also be defined that apply action graphs to agents based on crowding levels or other events in the scene. This is a powerful way to describe complex activities and enables MassMotion to cover a vast number of use cases such as check-ins based on cabin class and baggage requirements or to have agents choose an alternate restaurant if their primary choice is full.
Actions Manager
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The trials are limited for 14 days only, and there is no functional limitation. During the evaluation period you will only be able to use the software for test purposes and not for commercial paid work, and for the duration we will support you to get the most out of your test. System requirements can be found in the FAQs.
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We offer a limited-duration trial license for you to assess the suitability of our products for your projects.
During the evaluation period you will only be able to use the software for test purposes and not for commercial paid work, and for the duration we will support you to get the most out of your trial.
All we ask from you is some details so we can decide whether you are eligible for a trial.
Compatible with most modern day Windows operating systems.
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MassMotion
USD $13,380.17 – USD $33,016.23
Oasys MassMotion is the world’s most advanced pedestrian simulation software. Designed to determine the impact of people movement on public spaces using real-world data, MassMotion allows you to refine designs from a human perspective and communicate the effect of design changes to authorities, stakeholders and clients confidently. Test operational scenarios with MassMotion to avoid any costly real-world trials, providing you with reassurance in your designs and ultimately mitigating the need for future redevelopment work.
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| Select your licence | Standalone, Network Floating, Network Floating International |
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Standalone licenses are locked to an individual machine, but transferable by the user to another machine manually. Ideal for single users. Restricted to use within the country stated in the End User address submitted by Licensee to Oasys at the time of purchase.
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Both Subscription options will allow you the right to use the software for the defined term, with the full maintenance and support service included for the duration. The price will be fixed for the duration of the agreed term after which it will automatically renew for the same duration at the then current price.
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