CS 285: SOLID MODELING

Lecture #1 -- Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 -- 4pm - 5:30pm  -- Room 606 Soda Hall

Collection of Background Information

• Why do you want to take this course ?  (fill in questionnaire)

A Simple Modeling Task

• Jumping to the core problem !  (how to obtain a CAD model)
• Discuss possible approaches.   (what if specs change?)
  

Procedural Design/Modeling

• What is procedural modeling ?
• Why does it work ?
• Examples:  
• "Sculpture Generator I" -- code
  
• "Church-Builder"
  

Symmetry

• What is symmetry ?
• What is its role in design/modeling ?
• Examples -- Discussion

What Is CS 285 All About ?  (Foils)

• CS 285 in the curriculum
• What you will learn
• Teaching style, grading policy
• Course organization

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"Solid" Modeling ?

• What is a solid ?
• What do we mean by "modeling" ?
• What types of modeling are we interested in ?
• What might we model in this course ?  (from this list of candidates)

First Homework Assignment (8/31 to 9/7):