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Web Based Practice Environments to Teach Mechanical Skills
Janet Faye Johns, The MITRE Corporation

The VRML (requires Macromedia Authorware Web Player plug-in) below lets you try out how the example of Figure 5 works.
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Mounting the Dial Indicator Animation

The practice environment on the right is a simple mechanical system with the pump and motor shafts. An assembled mounting bracket and dial indicator is mounted on the shafts.

Please explore the equipment using the predefined viewpoints and the VRML navigation dashboard capabilities. You can freely grasp the shafts and manipulate them to see the coupling faces and the gap for the coupling gasket between the shafts.

Please touch any component of the mounting bracket or dial indicator to activate an animation for removing and mounting the bracket assembly.