Interactive Models Based on Virtual Reality Technology Used in Civil Engineering Education - Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments - page 398

the viewing of that particular phase, in re-
lation to the completed wall construction.
Symbolically, it represents the bar dia-
grams normally used on construction plans
(Figure 8);

The development of the model was supported
by engineer specialist in construction activity. In
this educational application, it was important to
include details such as:

• Simultaneously, with the visualization of

each phase, a text is shown (in the upper
right corner of the window, Figure 9), giv-
ing data relating to the stage being shown,
namely, its position within the construction
sequence, the description of the activity
and the characterization of the material of
the component being incorporated.

• Bar showing the construction progress;

• Text with information concerning the stage

observed;

• The possibility to highlight elements from

the model;

• The accuracy of the reinforcements and

the way they connect inside the structural
elements;

Figure 7. Control the length of time and zoom positions

Figure 8. Elements displaced from the global model of the wall