DEVELOPING DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS AND ANIMATIONS BY USING LlNEAR TRANSFORMATI ON MATRIXES AND POSITION VECTORS FOR ELECTRlCAL EDUCATION

Year 2007, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 63 - 70, 01.06.2007

Ahmet Altuntaş

Abstract

Teaching and teaming techniques using computer-hased resources greatly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
learning process. Today, there are a lot of simulation and an imation packages in use; so me of them are developed for
professional purposes, and some are developed for educational purposes. The education-purposed packages can not be
flexible sufficiently in different science branch. Therefore, some educators prefer devetoping his/her own simulation
and animatian packages. This paper reports on the developing of dynamic simulation/an imation to enhance teaming and
interest by us ing computer graphics. Thus, a new point of view is introduced to educators in order to realize personal
dynamic simulations/animations. In the method computer graphics, playing an important role in simulations and
animations, created with the linear transformatian matrixes and position vectors. The paper, also, shows how linear
transformatian can be successfully applied to computer graphics. Moreover, the paper briefly introduces several
examples, which will be given as animation problems coming from electrlcal education.

Keywords

Electrlcal Education, Simulation, Animation, Linear transfonnations

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