Instruction editor

The main prerequisite for generating a suitable set of instructions for workers is a straight-forward authoring workflow. Only if instructors are enabled to efficiently set up instructions for all necessary cases, the assistance will be actively used. The Instruction Editor aims to enrich the process steps which come from the task editor to be of value in the assembly process. It visualizes the assembly steps in 3D and gives the opportunity to add annotations like documents, images and videos, as well as highlights and animations.

The purpose of the instruction editor is to make the formal assembly process steps easily under-standable by visualizing them in suitable ways. As inputs, it takes the 3D model of the product as well as the process description of the task editor. Additionally, a set of pre-defined 3D annotation objects and materials can be taken as input. Then, for each step of the task, the author can add information in different ways:

• Selecting a set of viewpoints on the 3D model
• Selecting visible parts of the 3D model
• Highlighting (sub-)parts of the 3D model
• Adding annotations (content which is positioned at the 3D model), in form of Text Images Videos Documents 3D objects
• Generating animations

Finally, the instruction editor should be able to import and export instructions.

The Instruction Editor is an electron-based web-app. After installing Electron.js and Node.js it can be build taking respect to the information given in the github repository. A compiled test version can be found in the repository as well.

The instruction editor targets to support all processed-based manual tasks, thus is relevant for all complex manual manufacturing processes. Daimler Truck aims to integrate the software in the current innovative assembly process.

Free - Open Source Software under MIT license.