_ CS 285 - "SOLID MODELING"
Solid Free-Form Modeling and Fabrication
or
Design and Prototyping of Solid Shapes
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- CS 285: SOLID MODELING
- FULL COURSE TITLE: Solid Free-Form Modeling and Fabrication
- INSTRUCTOR: Carlo H. Séquin
- COURSE NUMBER: CS 285
- COURSE CONTROL NUMBER: 25205
- EXAM GROUP: 15
- UNIT VALUE: 3 units
- SEMESTER: Spring 2000
- CLASS TIME: Mon, Wed, 10:30-12noon
- LOCATION: 405 Soda Hall
- PREREQUISITE: CS 184 (Foundations of Computer Graphics) or equivalent.
Course Description
This course is complementary to the CAGD course CS284
which focusses in depth on splines and smooth surfaces.
This course covers the path from a conceptual vision of a shape
to a concrete computer-based description that is suitable
for manufacturing.
It covers various solids modeling techniques,
including volume representations, boundary representations,
instantiation and boolean combinations of shapes,
and procedural generation such as sweeps.
It discusses effective data structures
and consistent and unambiguous part description formats
to transfer a shape from a designer to a fabrication house,
as well as problems with maintaining unambiguous topology
in the presence of finite-precision geometry.
We will use our
Fused Deposition Modeling machine
to actually fabricate some parts designed in this class.
Weekly Assignments
For the first several weeks, weekly assignments will be given to read,
study, design, or program something.
Some of the information for these assignments will be posted on the WEB.
Various Forms and Sample Files
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