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The document outlines assignments related to computer aided design (CAD). Assignment 1 covers topics like display techniques, standards, and applications of computers in design. Assignment 2 focuses on computer graphics algorithms like Bresenham's line algorithm and geometric transformations. Assignment 3 is about curves and surfaces, including plotting curves, calculating points on a Bezier curve, and representing curves. Assignment 4 discusses 3D modeling approaches, solid modeling methods, and geometry/topology concepts. Assignment 5 touches on CAD database techniques, data structures, standards, data exchange formats, animation, and simulation in CAD.

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CAD Assignment

The document outlines assignments related to computer aided design (CAD). Assignment 1 covers topics like display techniques, standards, and applications of computers in design. Assignment 2 focuses on computer graphics algorithms like Bresenham's line algorithm and geometric transformations. Assignment 3 is about curves and surfaces, including plotting curves, calculating points on a Bezier curve, and representing curves. Assignment 4 discusses 3D modeling approaches, solid modeling methods, and geometry/topology concepts. Assignment 5 touches on CAD database techniques, data structures, standards, data exchange formats, animation, and simulation in CAD.

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Subject: Computer Aided Design

Assignment-1 (Introduction)

1. Explain the different techniques used for generating the picture on the CRT screen.

2. Distinguish between conventional machine design procedure and Computer


Aided design Procedure

3. Explain significance of graphic standards for hardware and software market.


List some of the well known standards and explain any one of it.

4. Compare conventional design and CAD.

5. Explain LCD display with its advantages and disadvantages over CRT display.

6. List out display devices and explain raster scan display with figure.

7. Explain application of computers in design.

8. What is DVST? Explain vector scan display with its type.

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Subject: Computer Aided Design

Assignment-2 (Computer Graphics)

1. Write Bresenham’s algorithm for generation of line also indicate which raster locations
would be chosen by Bresenham’s algorithm when scan converting a line from screen co-
ordinate (1, 0) to (10, 3).

2. Reflect the diamond shape polygon whose vertices are A(-2,0), B(0,-1), C(2,0), D(0,1)
about an arbitrary line L which is represented by equations y=0.5x+1.

3. A rectangle parallel piped block ABCDEFGH has position vectors

Obtain the transformed position vectors after rotation


(i) About x axis θ = -90° and then (ii) about y axis Ф = 90°.

4. A triangle ABC with vertices A (0, 0), B (4, 0) and C (2, 3). Perform the following
operations for it.

(i) Translation through 4 and 2 units along X and Y directions respectively.


(ii) Rotation through 90° in counterclockwise direction about the new position of point C.

5. Define windowing. Explain windows and view-port with example.

6. What is clipping? List out algorithm for clipping and explain Cohen-Sutherland
algorithm.

7. Explain Bresenham’s algorithm for circle generation.

8. Generate a circle of radius 3 with centre located at (3,3) using rotational method.

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Subject: Computer Aided Design

Assignment-3 (Curves and surfaces)

1. Plot the hermite cubic curve having endpoints Po(1, 3) and P1(7, 2). The tangent vector
for end PO is defined by a line joining Po and another point P2(10, 8), whereas the
tangent vector for end P1 is defined by a line joining P1and another point P3 (6, 0). Also
plot the curve in the same graph, if the point P3 is changed to (9,6) with the other things
remaining the same.

2. Plot the Bezier curve having endpoints PO (1,3) and P3(7,2). The other control Points are
P1 (5, 6) and P2 (6, 0). Plot for values for u = 0, 0.1, 0.2, …..1, if the characteristic
polygon is drawn in the sequence PO - P1 - P2 - P3.

3. Discuss (1) B’ezier surfaces (2) B- spline surfaces (3) Lofted surfaces.

4. Calculate parametric midpoint of the Hermite cubic curve that fits the points P 0 =(1,1),
P1=(6,5) and the tangent vector P0’=(0,4), P1’=(4,0).

5. Given P o[1,1], P1[2,3], P2[4,3] and P3[3,1] the vertices of a Bezier polygon, determine seven
points on Bezier curve.

6. Explain parametric and non-parametric, Explict and Implict representation of curves and
its importance in CAD.

7. Explain parametric representation of following analytical curve.


1) circle
2) parabola
3) ellipse
4) line

8. Explain different kinds of surfaces in detail.

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Subject: Computer Aided Design

Assignment-4 (3D modeling)

1. List the various approaches used for creating solid models of the objects. Explain three of
them in detail.

2. Explain C-Rep and B – Rep in detail.

3. Define primitives. Explain basic types of primitives with figure.

4. Explain wireframe modeling with its types.

5. List out methods of solid modeling and explain any two in detail.

6. Explain Geometry and topology in detail.

7. Explain the concept of Feature based modeling.

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Assignment-5 (Database techniques & Design and Analysis)

1. What is Data, Database and Data structure? Explain different data structure.

2. Explain the concept of Data structure and Database management in CAD.

3. What is the function of a Graphic Standard? Explain any two of the Graphic
Standards with their structure.

4. Explain IGES file format and structure in detail.

5. Explain Data exchange translators with its type.

6. Explain steps for computer animation.

7. Explain steps for conventional animation.

8. List out animation types and explain frame-buffer animation.

9. Explain simulation in CAD.


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