Computer Graphics - Department of Aerospace Engineering

98 Pages·2007·8.72 MB·English

Computer Graphics
Dr. S.M. Malaek
Assistant: M. Younesi
Computer Graphics
Time: Sunday/Tuesday 13:30-15
Textbook:
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS, Donald Haern,
M. Pauline Baker (Second Edition)
Introduction to Computer Graphics,
Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Arup
Chattopadhyay
Modeling
Computers have become a powerful
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tool for the rapid and economical
production of pictures and models.
There is no area in which graphics
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displays cannot be used to some
advantage.
What is Computer Graphics?
Computer graphics
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generally means creation,
storage and manipulation
of models and images.
What is Computer Graphics?
Such models come from diverse
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and expanding set of fields
including physical, mathematical,
artistic, biological, economical,
… .
Model
Model, models, or modeling:
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a pattern, plan, representation,
or description designed to
show the structure or working
of an object, system, or
concept.
Physical Model
Physical Model
A physical model is used
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to mean a physical
representation of some
things, for example a bolt
or the solar system.
Physical Model
The geometry of
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the model and the
object it represents
are often similar in
the sense that one is
a rescaling of the
other.
A scale model of the Singapore
City Centre.
Physical Model
Model of a war scene.