Learning Support Tools for Developing Spatial Abilities in Engineering Design

1) Spanish Ministry of Science and Education and the European Union (Project DPI2004-01373) 2) FundacioA Caixa Castello-Bancaixa under the Universitat Jaume I program for Research Promotion (Project P1-1B2004-02, titled `Gestural interface for the introduction of variational-parametric sketches and for the definition of assem- bly conditions in the computer-aided design of industrial products').

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