STACKMeclib: supporting mechanical systems
Speaker: Martin Kraska
Date: 27 Nov 2025, 15.00 pm GMT (16.00 pm CET)
Location: Online
Free body diagrams are an important tool for solving mechanical problems involving force and moment balance. Making and interpretation of drawings and schematics is an important skill to be developed in engineering education.
Mechlib is a set of optional libraries for STACK which allow the question authors to embed high quality, visually consistent sketches, with or without interactive elements, into their STACK questions.The set of objects is created with sketches of mechanical systems in mind. This includes support for load symbols, bars, ropes, disks and annotations. The most advanced application is the interactive creation of free body diagrams with rich formative feedback.
In this seminar Martin will give a general overview of Meclib and we’ll see some examples of STACK questions that make use of Meclib. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
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Reference
Kraska, Martin (2025). Case study Meclib: supporting mechanical systems
Kraska, Martin, & Schulz, Dennis. (2021). Automatic assessment of free body diagrams using STACK. Presented at the International Meeting of the STACK Community 2021, Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4916138
Kraska, Martin. (2022). Meclib: Dynamic and interactive figures in STACK questions made easy. Presented at the International Meeting of the STACK Community 2022, Leoben, Austria. https://github.com/mkraska/meclib/blob/main/References/STACK%202022%20Kraska%20V2.pdf
Kraska, Martin. (2022). Meclib: Dynamic and Interactive Figures in STACK Questions Made Easy. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). 17. 15-27. http://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v17i23.36501.