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Computer Aided Design Syllabus

This course outline provides an overview of topics covered in a video course on Computer Aided Engineering Design. The course introduces concepts of CAD including solid modeling approaches like wireframe, B-Rep and CSG. It covers mathematical representations of curves and surfaces using Ferguson, Bezier and B-spline techniques. The course also introduces finite element analysis, optimization, and their applications in mechanical engineering design. It includes 40 lectures covering design of curves and surfaces as well as computational geometry, mesh generation and optimization methods.

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Computer Aided Design Syllabus

This course outline provides an overview of topics covered in a video course on Computer Aided Engineering Design. The course introduces concepts of CAD including solid modeling approaches like wireframe, B-Rep and CSG. It covers mathematical representations of curves and surfaces using Ferguson, Bezier and B-spline techniques. The course also introduces finite element analysis, optimization, and their applications in mechanical engineering design. It includes 40 lectures covering design of curves and surfaces as well as computational geometry, mesh generation and optimization methods.

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NPTEL Syllabus

Computer Aided
Engineering Design Video course
COURSE OUTLINE
Overview of CAD, CAD Applications, Solid
Modeling:
Wireframe,
B-Rep,
CSG
approaches,
Transformations
and
Projections, Mathematical representation of
curves and surfaces, Ferguson, Bezier and
B-spline curves and properties, Ferguson,
Bezier and Bspline surfaces and properties,
Computations
for
Geometric
Design,
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and
Optimization.
Pre-requisites:

NPTEL
http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Mechanical Engineering

COURSE DETAIL
Lecture

1-3

For post graduate and final year students.


Topic

CAD Applications: Engineering


Products, analogy:
documentation, Design
Representation, FEM,
Optimization,
Software/AutoCAD/Mechanical
Desktop/I-DEAS.

Solid Modeling: Representation


of Solids.

5-6

Solid Modeling: Topology.

Solid Modeling: topology,


wireframe modeling.

Solid Modeling: Boundary


Representation.

Solid Modeling: Boundary


Representation, CSG,
Operations: extrude, revolve,
examples.

10-12

Design of Curves:
Representation, piecewise
continuous, differential geometry
of curves.

13-15

Design of Curves: Ferguson

Hyperlinks:
Shene, C. K., CS3621 Introduction to Computing with Geometry
Notes:
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/COURSES/cs3621/NOTES/notes.html
Coordinators:
Dr. Anupam Saxena
Department of Mechanical EngineeringIIT Kanpur

segments, Bzier segments.

16-17

Design of Curves: Bzier


segments.

18-25

Design of Curves: B-Splines.

26-27

Design of Curves: Rational


Curves/NURBS.

28

29-30

Design of Surfaces: Piecewise


continuous, differential geometry.

Design of Surface patches:


Fersugon,16 point form, Bzier,
B-spline.

31

Design of Coon's surface


patches.

32

Design of Composite Surfaces:


Ferguson and Bzier surfaces.

33-34

35

36-38

Computational geometry.

Mesh generation.

FEM: An introduction.

39

Optimization: Single variable


methods.

40

Optimization: KKT conditions.

41

Optimization: Stochastic
Methods.

References:
1. Saxena, A., and Sahay, B., 2006,
"Computer Aided Engineering Design,"
Anamaya and Springer.
2. Faux I. D. and Pratt M. J.,
Computational Geometry for Design
and Manufacture, Ellis Harwood
Limited, West Sussex, England, 1979.
3. Mortenson M. E., Geometric Modeling,
John Wiley and Sons, New York., 1985.
A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD,
Govt of India

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

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