1. The document provides instructions for 8 exercises involving Hermite curves and their geometric and algebraic coefficients. It instructs students to watch a video on sketchpad, find equations for lines and cubic curves, and analyze properties of Hermite curves under different tangent conditions.
2. Students are asked to derive geometric coefficients from given parametric equations, and calculate algebraic coefficients from given geometric coefficients or by reversing parametrization.
3. The exercises involve Hermite curves defined by points and tangent vectors at endpoints, with tasks including plotting curves and discussing their shapes.
1. The document provides instructions for 8 exercises involving Hermite curves and their geometric and algebraic coefficients. It instructs students to watch a video on sketchpad, find equations for lines and cubic curves, and analyze properties of Hermite curves under different tangent conditions.
2. Students are asked to derive geometric coefficients from given parametric equations, and calculate algebraic coefficients from given geometric coefficients or by reversing parametrization.
3. The exercises involve Hermite curves defined by points and tangent vectors at endpoints, with tasks including plotting curves and discussing their shapes.
1. The document provides instructions for 8 exercises involving Hermite curves and their geometric and algebraic coefficients. It instructs students to watch a video on sketchpad, find equations for lines and cubic curves, and analyze properties of Hermite curves under different tangent conditions.
2. Students are asked to derive geometric coefficients from given parametric equations, and calculate algebraic coefficients from given geometric coefficients or by reversing parametrization.
3. The exercises involve Hermite curves defined by points and tangent vectors at endpoints, with tasks including plotting curves and discussing their shapes.
1. The document provides instructions for 8 exercises involving Hermite curves and their geometric and algebraic coefficients. It instructs students to watch a video on sketchpad, find equations for lines and cubic curves, and analyze properties of Hermite curves under different tangent conditions.
2. Students are asked to derive geometric coefficients from given parametric equations, and calculate algebraic coefficients from given geometric coefficients or by reversing parametrization.
3. The exercises involve Hermite curves defined by points and tangent vectors at endpoints, with tasks including plotting curves and discussing their shapes.
1. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orsmFndx_o and Study sketchpad and its
characteristics. 2. Write down the parametric equation of a straight line passing through two points (1,2,3) and (-4 0,- 1). Reparametrize this equation between the parametric limits (4 -1). 3. Find out the Algebraic coefficients of a degenerate cubic Hermite curve of zero length located at (2, 3.5, -12). 4. Find the algebraic and geometric coefficients of a parametric cubic curve lying in x=10 plane and
whose geometric characteristics at u=0 are (10 2 2) and =2 ; at u=0.5 are (10 6 6 ) and u=1 are (10
10 2) and =-2. 5. Using the geometric coefficients found in Exercise 4., derive a new set with the only difference that components of tangents vector are multiplied by 4. Calculate the corresponding algebraic coefficients and plot the curve in three parametric space as well as in object space. 6. Using the geometric coefficients found in Exercise 4., derive a new set with the only difference that components of are multiplied by 4. Calculate the corresponding algebraic coefficients and the curve in three parametric space as well as in object space. 7. Draw and discuss the shape of the Hermite curve if: a. Stating point and end points are same as well as the tangent vectors at the start point and end point are also same. b. Stating point and end points are different and the tangent vectors at the start and end are null vectors. c. Stating point and end points are different and the tangent vectors at start and end are having the direction of ( ) but their magnitude is different. d. Stating point and end points are same and the tangent vectors at the start and end points are given as (1 0 0 ) and (-1 0 0) respectively. 8. A Hermite curve is defined as follows: 1 2 0 5 () = (2) 3 + (2) 2 + (2) + (6) , [0 1] 3 0 0 7 a. Find out its geometric coefficients. b. Reverse parametrize the curve and find out the algebraic coefficients of the resulting curve. ME 1501 Computer Aided Design
Tutorial Sheet No. 1
1. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orsmFndx_o and Study sketchpad and its
characteristics. 2. Write down the parametric equation of a straight line passing through two points (1,2,3) and (-4 0,-1). Reparametrize this equation between the parametric limits (4 -1). 3. Find out the Algebraic coefficients of a degenerate cubic Hermite curve of zero length located at (2, 3.5, -12). 4. Find the algebraic and geometric coefficients of a parametric cubic curve lying in x=10 plane and
whose geometric characteristics at u=0 are (10 2 2) and =2 ; at u=0.5 are (10 6 6 ) and u=1 are
(10 10 2) and =-2. 5. Using the geometric coefficients found in Exercise 4., derive a new set with the only difference that components of tangents vector are multiplied by 4. Calculate the corresponding algebraic coefficients and plot the curve in three parametric space as well as in object space. 6. Using the geometric coefficients found in Exercise 4., derive a new set with the only difference that components of are multiplied by 4. Calculate the corresponding algebraic coefficients and the curve in three parametric space as well as in object space. 7. Draw and discuss the shape of the Hermite curve if: a. Stating point and end points are same as well as the tangent vectors at the start point and end point are also same. b. Stating point and end points are different and the tangent vectors at the start and end are null vectors. c. Stating point and end points are different and the tangent vectors at start and end are having the direction of ( ) but their magnitude is different. d. Stating point and end points are same and the tangent vectors at the start and end points are given as (1 0 0 ) and (-1 0 0) respectively. 8. A Hermite curve is defined as follows: 1 2 0 5 () = (2) 3 + (2) 2 + (2) + (6) , [0 1] 3 0 0 7 c. Find out its geometric coefficients. d. Reverse parametrize the curve and find out the algebraic coefficients of the resulting curve.
