A method is provided for providing image data for visualizing a defective
part and/or a repair process and/or a maintenance service of a road-bound
vehicle, in particular a car or motorcycle. The aim is to reduce the
translation costs for repair manuals. The method is characterized by the
following: digital data is provided for at least two vehicle parts, in
particular CAD data, vector data or another form of digital data suitable
for visualizing is provided; digital data on the location of said two
vehicle parts with respect to each other is also provided; a first
selection element is provided for selecting a first repair operation from
a plurality thereof, data, i.e., image data of the first stage of said
first repair operation is provided, afterwards image data of the second
stage of the first repair operation is provided.