Interactive Visualisation of Development Processes in Mechatronic Engineering

The products of mechanical engineering and related industrial sectors, such as the automotive industry, are often based on the close interaction of mechanics, electronic/electronics and software engineering, which is expressed by the term mechatronics. The design of such systems is an interdisciplinary task. Mechanical, electrical, control and software engineers are involved and have to be coordinated. To approach this challenge, we present the design, implementation and preliminary evaluation of an interactive visualisation tool to illustrate and manage complex development processes of mechatronic system. This is realised by means of a zoomable user interface that is rendered on a high resolution projection system (3860 x 2160).