B2408 - VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability (cod. 5980)

Learning outcomes

The student learns the basic functions for immersive or semi-immersive representation and animation of parts and assemblies of mechanical systems and for the interaction with virtual scenarios through XR (Extended Reality) devices. Moreover, the student makes practice on software and hardware tools for virtual prototyping.

Course contents

Virtual prototyping techniques

Fundamentals of human-machine interaction and ergonomics

Tools for digital human simulation, digital ergonomics and virtual reality

Use of virtual scenarios to validate a design project

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes

Technical papers will be available for students

Teaching methods

Lectures in class

Lab active training sessions

Development of a design project

Assessment methods

Delivery of the design project, carried out in small groups of students

Presentation and discussion of the project

Teaching tools

Software tools for digital human simulation & virtual ergonomics

Hardware e software tools for virtual reality

Office hours

See the website of Margherita Peruzzini

SDGs

Good health and well-being Decent work and economic growth Industry, innovation and infrastructure

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.