7ME3: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

  1. Fundamentals of CAD
    Design process. Application of computers for Design CAD workstation, wire-frame versus solid modeling.

  2. Transformations
    Homogenous co-ordinates, Translation, Rotation, Reflection, Scaling, Combined, Transformation, Orthographic, Axonometric, Oblique and Perspective projecions

  3. Curves (i) Parametric Representation of Analytic curves: Lines, Circles, Ellipses, Parabolas, Hyperbolas, Conics (ii) Parametric Representation of Analytic Curves: Hermite cubic Spilins, Bezir Curves, B-SplinesCurves, Rational Curves

  4. Brief introduction to surface and solid modeling, windowing & clipping, viewpoint rendering, hidden surface and line removal.

List of Recommended Books:

  1. Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics, Rogers and Admas.

  2. CAD/CAM Theory and Practice, Zied Ibrahim, Tata McGraw Hill.

  3. Computer Graphics (Schaum Series), Plastock and Kalley.