DIS2109

Digital imaging CAD

3 points
* 2 studio hours and 4 independent study hours per week
* First semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: DIS1102

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to select hardware and software for CAD applications; use the menus of various input devices; employ drawing aids, editing facilities, dimensioning, scaling and plotting facilities of a CAD package; create professional presentation standards in 2D; create 3D surfaces using 3D wire frame models and planes; render shaded surfaces using light and camera facilities available in shading packages; use the above techniques to create slides depicting sequences for producing animation effects; create 3D solid models using drawing primitives from a solid modelling package.

Synopsis Students are introduced to CAD including the various techniques used to define objects using computers, eg wire frame modeling, surface modeling and solid modeling; overview of CAD technology used for wire frame modeling; menu structure and on-line help; basic drawing entities; geometric construction aids; editing; creation of drawing layout environment; dimensioning; attributes and data extraction; drawing output; shading; rendering; animation; the primary concepts of solid modeling: primitive solids.

Assessment Progressive based on a series of class exercises: 100%

Prescribed texts

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