Understanding seemingly simple systems is key to get insight about complex machinery. Nowadays, digital technology helps us to create visualizations. At Orbits we truly believe that visualizing has many benefits:

• While animating, our own understanding increases.
• It gives us room for reasoning and discussing with colleagues.
• It’s a communication tool that is understandable for many people.
• It is just cool to see!
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Have a look at this textbook 3 degree of freedom system with base excitation showing 3 vibrating modes. Many real applications exhibit similar behavior!