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

PDF

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

Accessibility Status

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