24-681: Computer-Aided Design -- Carnegie Mellon University

Lectures -- Tuesday & Thursday 3:00pm - 4:50pm (Porter Hall 125C)
Computer Cluster Hours -- Friday 10:30am - noon, Monday 4:00pm - 5:30pm (Hamerschlag Hall C101)

Scope of Course

This course is the first section of the two-semester sequence on computational engineering. Students will learn how computation and information technologies are rapidly changing the way engineering design is practiced in industry. The course covers the theories and applications of the measurement, representation, modeling, and simulation of three-dimensional geometric data used in the engineering design process. The four topics covered in this course are: (1) Basic Geometry, (2) Mesh-based Modeling, (3) Curve and Surface Modeling, and (4) Solid Modeling. Students taking this course are assumed to have knowledge of the first course in computer programming.
4 hrs lecture, 2 hrs computer cluster hours

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, students should be able to:

Basic Geometry

- Represent points, lines, and planes in 3D space

- Measure distances, areas, and volumes

- Transform objects in 3D space
- Read and write an STL file

Mesh-Based Modeling
- Describe hardware and software used for reverse engineering

- Implement algorithms for resampling and smoothing geometry

- Read and write a VRML file

Curve and Surface Modeling

- Represent analytical curves and surfaces in 3D space

- Represent free-form curves and surfaces in 3D space

- Formulate and visualize Hermite, Bezier, and B-Spline curves

- Formulate and visualize Bezier surfaces

Solid Modeling

- Represent a solid geometry with B-Rep

- Represent a solid geometry with CSG

- Represent a solid geometry with Voxel, Octree, kD tree

Teaching Staff

Professor Kenji Shimada (Instructor) Office: Room 314, Scaife Hall, Phone: 412.268.3614 Email: shimada @ cmu.edu Office Hours: by email appointment
Diego Andrade (Teaching Assistant) Office: Room B127, Hamerschlag Hall, Phone: 412.268.8880 Email: diegoandrade @ gmail.com Office Hours: by email appointment
Mabaran Rajaraman (Teaching Assistant) Office: Room B127, Hamerschlag Hall, Phone: 412.268.8880 Email: mrajaram @ andrew.cmu.edu Office Hours: by email appointment

Email Lists

To send a message to all the teaching staff (use this when you ask a technical question):
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To send a message to all the students (this is mainly for teaching staff use only)
+dist+~shimada/dlists/cad13@andrew.cmu.edu