The Development of a Pedagogical Tool for the Demonstration of Computer Graphic Curve Generation Techniques
Abstract
Current computer based design tools are used to create many diverse manufactured articles. Some of these articles such as automobile bodies have complex shapes which can not be represented satisfactorily with straight line segments, arc segments and circles. Efficient mathematical techniques have been developed using parametric curves to allow the representation of these complex shapes using computer based tools. These parametric curve techniques can require less data to describe the shapes than polygonal techniques and they facilitate development of user interactive procedures for the creation of complex shapes. This paper reports on the development of a personal computer based software program which allows the user to demonstrate and interactively manipulate some of these parametric curve generation techniques. The purpose is to illustrate the effects of using these techniques and to illustrate the utility of the techniques in a user interactive environment.
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Graduation Date
1990
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Bauer, Christian
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Department
Computer Engineering
Format
Pages
214 p.
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0027285
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Engineering; Engineering -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Hill, Ronald Ray, "The Development of a Pedagogical Tool for the Demonstration of Computer Graphic Curve Generation Techniques" (1990). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 4000.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/4000
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