Computer Graphics for Design: From Algorithms to Autocad [Hardcover]

Daniel B. Olfe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1995

Combining the fundamental principles and algorithms involved in graphics with specific applications and examples, this book helps readers more fully understand how CAD software programs function, and how to diagnose and solve problems associated with modelling design on CAD systems. It uses the C programming language and AutoCAD to give specific examples, flexible enough to be used with other programming languages and CAD tools; takes a hands-on approach; covers graphing and drafting in both 2-D and 3-D; discusses colour theory and applications, as well as the more mathematical splines and other curves; and covers material on 3-D transformations, rendering, and simple illumination models to the ray tracing and texture mapping techniques used to produce photo-realistic images. It is designed for advanced CAD courses in departments of mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, structural engineering, and bioengineering.

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Combines the fundamental principles and algroithms involved in graphics with specific applications and examples. Through this discussion, readers will understand more fully how CAD software programs function, and help diagnose and solve problems associated with modeling design on CAD systems.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 500 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131595830
• ISBN-13: 978-0131595835
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,162,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good book for beginers., February 9, 1998

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This review is from: Computer Graphics for Design: From Algorithms to Autocad (Hardcover)

This book presents the basic concepts of Computer-Aided Design. The author wrote a book which should be understandable to everyone who wants to learn the basic aspects of the Computer-Aided Design thoery. However, i doubt if this book is helpful for an advanced reader or a graduate student who is looking for more specialized or analytically represented concepts.