Computer Aided Design
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The official GTU curriculum for Computer Aided Design (subject code ME01000481) as prescribed for MD · Semester 1 divides the course into 7 units, covering 70 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01000481)Unit 1 Introduction
- Conventional and Computer aided design processes
- Product Life 2 05 Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Machine Design Course / Subject Code : ME01000481 Course / Subject Name : Computer Aided Design Cycle and Role of CAD, Applications of CAD
Unit 2 Principles of Computer Graphics
- graphic primitives
- Plotting of analytical Curves
- Coordinate systems
- Half-Spaces and Homogeneous Coordinates
- Scaling and Shear) and 3D transformation (Translations
- Orthographic and Perspective Projections)
- Windows to View port transformation
Unit 3 Curves
- Introduction to curves
- parametric continuity condition
- geometric continuity condition
- Spline representation
- Hermite Curves (Algebraic and Geometric Forms
- Basis Functions
- Matrix Form
- Tangent Vectors
- Truncating and Sub-dividing
- 3-point and 4-point interpolation)
- Bézier Curves (Bézier basis functions
- control points
- composite Bézier curve
- characteristics of Bézier curve)
- B-Spline Curves (Uniform and Non-uniform B-Spline basis function
- Quadratic and Cubic B-Spline basis function
- Closed B- Spline Curve
- Representation of conics with NURBS)
Unit 4 Surfaces
- Implicit and explicit function of surfaces
- types of surfaces
- Surface Representation
- Surface Analysis (Tangent
- Distance Calculation
- Tangent Plane)
- Plane Surface
- Ruled Surface
- Surfaces of Revolution
- Tabulated Surfaces
- Hermite Bi-cubic surface
- Bézier Surface
- Coons Surface
Unit 5 Solids
- Solid Representation
- Properties of Solid model
- Regularized Boolean set operations
- Primitive instancing
- Sweep representations
- Comparison of representations
Unit 6 Advanced Topics
- Feature Based Modelling: Features and primitives
- Feature entities
- Feature representation
- creating features
- Relations and constraints
- Feature manipulations Geometric and Mass Properties: Geometric Properties
- Calculate length of contours and curves
- Calculate areas
- Calculate centroids
- Calculate inertia properties
- Mass Properties
- Properties Evaluation
- Assembly Modelling: Differences between part and assembly modelling
- Mating conditions
- Bottom-up assembly modelling approach
- Top-down assembly modelling approach
- WCS and mate methods to assemble parts
- Managing assemblies
- Working with subassemblies
- Assembly Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Machine Design Course / Subject Code : ME01000481 Course / Subject Name : Computer Aided Design analysis
Unit 7 CAD Database
- Evaluation of data exchange format
- IGES data representations and structure
- STEP Architecture
- ACIS & DXF. 03 05
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