Guest Experience

Designing an exceptional guest experience begins with understanding how people move through your space, and that is where Pathfinder excels. Whether you're designing dynamic public spaces, managing large-scale events, or planning any other environment where people gather and move, Pathfinder equips you with powerful tools to simulate realistic pedestrian circulation with precision and clarity. With support for complex scenarios like stage performances in theaters, sports events in stadiums, multi-level venues, and scheduled events, Pathfinder helps you visualize and refine the flow of guests before the event ever begins. And with the powerful Results viewer, stakeholders can step directly in to immersive simulations, gaining firsthand insight into how their vision comes to life and making their decision-making faster, easier, and more impactful.

Create realistic models of your concert or other live event

Pathfinder makes it easy to create a detailed, realistic simulation of a concert or other live event in a theater setting. With advanced control over individual Occupant behavior, you can model how guests navigate lobbies, receive tickets upon entry, and are guided to their seats by ushers, all with natural, believable movement. Occupants can be configured to move past one another while finding their seats, allowing for realistic aisle circulation without disrupting the flow. Using Occupant Targets, you can define seating locations in your theaters and control ticket distribution. Pathfinder's features help bring these scenarios to life: Queues enable smooth, orderly entry at ticketing booths and checkpoints; Targets direct Occupants to specific seats, allowing for accurate modeling of audience placement and movement; and Triggers introduce spontaneous behaviors, such as guests getting up mid-show to visit the restroom or concession stand. This level of detail gives planners the tools to fine-tune the guest experience and ensure every moment of the event, from arrival to curtain call, runs smoothly.

Create multi-floor events

Pathfinder is an ideal tool for modeling complex, multi-floor events such as conferences, where smooth circulation between levels is essential to a successful guest experience. Whether attendees are navigating between breakout sessions, keynote halls, or exhibit floors, Pathfinder allows you to simulate realistic vertical movement using elevators, escalators, stairs, and ramps. Each of these elements can be precisely configured to reflect real-world capacities, speeds, and priorities, ensuring your model accurately represents how guests will move throughout the space. From crowded transitions between sessions to ADA-compliant access routes, Pathfinder helps planners identify potential bottlenecks, test different layouts, and design intuitive, accessible circulation paths that keep your event running smoothly on every level.

Model parades and other scheduled events

For large-scale, tightly scheduled events like parades, marches, or festivals, Pathfinder offers the precision and flexibility needed to model organized pedestrian processions in complex outdoor environments. You can simulate detailed movement paths for performers, participants, and spectators, accounting for timing, spacing, and interactions along the route. With Pathfinder's Behavior modeling, you can guide groups along specific paths with synchronized timing, while Triggers enable dynamic changes, such as pausing movement for a performance segment or crowd interaction. Pathfinder also supports modeling support staff, security personnel, and emergency access, helping planners ensure that every element of the event flows as intended. By testing the full schedule and layout in advance, organizers can identify potential issues, improve crowd control strategies, and deliver a safer, more enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

See Pathfinder in Action

Guillame LaGaillarde from our French partner and reseller, 1Point2, recently used Pathfinder to model the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. See his talk from FEMTC 2024 about the topic.

See the FEMTC 2024 Talk

Create views and tours that let customers experience their events firsthand

With Results, Pathfinder doesn't just simulate movement, it brings your event plans to life in vivid, compelling detail. Results allows you to create custom camera views and guided tours that showcase key moments of your simulation, making it easy to communicate your vision to clients, stakeholders, or planning committees. You can generate movies that follow a specific Occupant, such as a VIP guest or staff member, throughout their entire journey, providing a clear, narrative-driven perspective on the event experience. For an even more immersive presentation, Results includes a VR mode, enabling stakeholders to explore the environment in real time from a first-person point of view. And with high-resolution screenshot generation, you can quickly produce visuals for reports, presentations, or marketing materials. Whether you're illustrating circulation flow or highlighting design improvements, Results turns simulation data into engaging visual stories that drive confident decision-making.