Design Approaches for Visualization of Engineering Problems

This work presents the development of technology-assisted problem solving (TAPS) packages at University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). This project is the further work of the development of interactive multimedia based packages targeted for students having problems in understanding and visualizing the Engineering Mechanics Dynamics problems. One facet of the project is the development of Engineering Mechanics Dynamics problems for core undergraduate engineering courses. This paper discusses the development of an interactive multimedia environment for visualizing and solving relative motion of a rigid body using rotating axes. More specifically this article outlines the framework used to develop the multimedia package, highlighting our multimedia design approach and philosophy.