CSE 577, Computer-Aided Geometric Design

Instructor: G. Farin

Office hours MW: 3:30-4:30, Tu: 10:40-11:30

Syllabus

The class will cover material from Chapters 2-14 of the text Curves and Surfaces for CAGD, Academic Press, Boston. This class is aimed at bringing students close to independent research, and no week-to-week syllabus is possible: if interesting topics arise, we will spend more time on them. Student input on choice of topics is welcome!

Grading

There will be four programming projects and four homework assignments. Of these eight assignments, six must be completed. All carry equal weight. Click here for current grades.

Assignments

All homework must be produced using a word processor; handdrawn sketches are fine. Do not hand in code. Teamwork is OK, but a team has to do more work than an individual. Late work will be discounted at a rate of 5% per day.

Project [1] [2] [3] [4]

Data for project 2. A linear system solver.

Homework [1] [2] [3] [4]


 

Useful links

A PostScript tutorial Articles from the journal CAGD
Articles from the journal CAD Computational Geometry pages
Ken Joy's CAGD notes A CAGD Bibliography
A Rapid Prototyping link

Extra material

Notes on blossoms Convergence of degree elevation
Least squares for polynomial curves Integrals
Differential Geometry B-spline blossoms
B-spline least squares Geometric continuity
Notes on rational curves