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Cad Cam Mtexam 2

This document summarizes key points about B-splines and their control points: - The higher the order of the B-spline, the less influence each close control point has. - The number of control points is independent of the degree of the polynomial used to define the curve. - Each control point only influences a local region consisting of k curve segments.

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Cad Cam Mtexam 2

This document summarizes key points about B-splines and their control points: - The higher the order of the B-spline, the less influence each close control point has. - The number of control points is independent of the degree of the polynomial used to define the curve. - Each control point only influences a local region consisting of k curve segments.

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 The higher the order of the B-Spline, the less the influence the close

control point.
 Number of control points independent of degree of polynomial
 Local control: a control point only influences k segments.

Give at least two types of primitives in solid modeling that can also be defined as
sweeps. Answer: Cylinder, Torus.
Give the parametric curve representation of the
ellipse shown below. (Hint: utilize
transformations.)

1. About CAD, which of the following two does this course teach: (1) a
specific technology or methodology of how to design an engine of a car, or
(2) the computer software tools and their underneath theories that help the
designer in designing the geometry and assembly of a product?
Answer: (2).

2. What are the two most important components of CAD? Answer:


Computer-aided drafting and geometric modeling.

3. What are the major four steps in the design and manufacturing of a
mechanical product? Answer: Design  Analysis  Redesign 
Manufacturing.

4. In the four steps that you answer in 3, which one uses CAD tool, which one
uses CAE tool, and which one uses CAM tool? Answer: Design and
redesign use CAD, Analysis uses CAE, and manufacturing uses CAM.

5. What is the most widely used computer technology in CAE? Answer:


Finite element method.

6. Describe the difference between a CAD model and a CAE model? Answer:
A CAD model is a detailed model that provides and specifies all the details
such as dimensions, surface equations, etc., of the part geometry. A CAE
model is a simplified mesh model that is used for the CAE analysis of the
CAD model.

7. In describing the shape of an object, what is the main reason for using the
object’s model coordinate system? Answer: If the coordinates of any point
on an object are defined with respect to the object’s model coordinate
system, their values do not change even when the object is translated or
rotated in the space. They are determined solely by the shape of the object.

8. Briefly describe the procedure by which the coordinate of a point on an


object, measured with respect to the model coordinate system, are
converted to the virtual screen device coordinates (u, v). Answer:

9. Explain why, in order to use a single matrix to represent the affine


transformation, a point must be represented by homogeneous coordinates [x y
z 1]T, rather than the conventional [x y z]T. Answer: It is impossible to
represent translation by a single 3 by 3 matrix.

10.
Determine a Bezier curve of degree 3 that approximates a quarter circle centered at
(0, 0). The two end points of the quarter circle are (1, 0) and (0, 1). Calculate the X
and Y coordinates of the middle point of your Bezier curve and compare them
with that of the quarter circle.
Answer: The parametric representation of the quarter unit circle with a parameter
range of [0, 1] is:

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