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Wright State University CORE Scholar Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi College of Engineering & Computer Science Fall 2008 CEG 777: Computer Aided Geometric Design Arthur A. Goshtasby Wright State University - Main Campus, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cecs_syllabi Part of the Computer Engineering Commons, and the Computer Sciences Commons Repository Citation Goshtasby, A. A. (2008). CEG 777: Computer Aided Geometric Design. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cecs_syllabi/95 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Engineering & Computer Science at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CEG-777 Computer Aided Geometric Page 1 of2 CEG-777 Computer Aided Geometric Design Fall 2008 Class Hours: 2:45 - 4:00 PM, M, W; Classroom:497 Millett; Instructor: A. Goshtasby; Office: 495 Joshi Center; E-mail: ggosl:ttf.l~JN_right.edu; Phone: 937-775-5170; Office Hours: 1 :00 - 2:00 PM M- R, or by appointment. CRN: 89053 Units: 4 Textbooks: Geometric Modeling, 3rd Edition Michael E. Mortenson Industrial Press, Inc., 2006 Purpose of Course: This course covers the fundamentals of geometric modeling, including design ofcurves and surfaces, composite curves and surfaces, and subdivision techniques for creating free-form shapes. Contents: 1. Mathematical preliminaries 2. Cubic Hermite curves 3. Bezier curves 4. B-spline curves 5. Bicubic Hermite surfaces 6. Bezier surfaces 7. B-spline surfaces 8. Subdivision surfaces 9. Implicit surfaces 10. Intrinsic properties of curves and surfaces Learning Goals: Students will learn the basic mathematical tools to design geometric models and practice implementation of some ofthem. Projects: There will be three projects and two midterm exams. Each project will require about 15 hours of work, and each midterm will cover about a month of materials covered in class. Grading Policy: Programming assignments will worth 50% the midterms will worth 50% of the overall grade. Following grades are guaranteed A: 90.. 100, B: 80 ..89, C:70 .. 79, D: 60 ..69, E: 0 ..59. Calendar: file:/IC:\Recent\ceg777\ceg777 .html 8/27/2008 CEG-777 Computer Aided Geometric Page 2 of2 Midterms: On 10/6 and 11/3 I Projects II Assigned dates II Due dates I I 1 II 9122 II 1016, 2:00 PM I 2 10/8 10/22, 2:00 PM I II II 11 I 3 II 10/27 II 11112, 2:00 PM JI file://C: \Recent\ceg777\ceg777 .html 8/27/2008 .

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