CAD Topics

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Topics, Week One (classes 1 and 2)

Macintosh Operating System

Files, Folders and Servers
Under the Apple
Multi-tasking icon
Accessing the server, and file security

Animation clips:

The Gate to the Mind's Eye: Armageddon (1994)
The Abyss

CAD

* 2D, 3D, Wall-thickness modes
* Rectangular shape generation
* Topological levels
* Transformations: Move, Rotate, Scale
* Window Setup
* Palettes: Prompts, Colors, Views
* Geometrical Constraints: Snap to Grid
* Saving Views

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Topics, Week Two (classes 3 and 4)

Macintosh Operating System

Making Backups
The Chooser and the New York Server

Animation clips:

Jurassic Park
The Mask

CAD

* Layers
* Grouping
* Duplication of elements
* Boolean Operations
* Deformations
* Surfaces of Revolution
* The Cone of Vision
* Saving an image as PICT
* Using Photoshop to make an 50 x 50 pixel icon
* Submitting a file to the class Web page

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Topics, Week Three (classes 5 and 6)

Macintosh Operating System

Using the Scanner

Animation clips:

Terminator II
The Making of Forest Gump

CAD

* e-mail (starting a free CU email account)
* The cone of vision command
* Layers
* Surfaces of Revolution
* Duplication within Opening Mode
* Using Photoshop to enhance (and sign) an 640 x 480 pixel image
* Submitting a file to the class Web page
* Cutting a Section

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Topics, Week Four (classes 7 and 8)

Animation clips:

Lawnmower Man
SIGGRAPH Animation Reel 1994
Myst: Interactive 3D Virtual World

CAD

* Modeling by Deletion
* Cutting a 3D Section
* Rounding
* Controlled Curves and C-Meshes
* Booleans with C-Mesh Solids
* Attaching Objects
* Screen dumping as a PICT
* Creating A Symbol Library
* Parallel Objects

Note that class will not be held on Tuesday July 4th.

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Topics, Week Five (class 9 )

Animation clips:

Amiens Trilogy

CAD

* Rendering with Strata
* Rendering with Softimage

Note that class will not be held on Tuesday July 4th. A replacement class will be held on Tuesday, July 18.

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Topics, Week Six (class 10 and Midterm)

Animation clips:

Blade Runner -- The Director's Cut

CAD

* Softimage Modeling and Animation
* Midterm Review and Discussion
* Virtual Reality Modeling language (VRML)
* QuicktimeVR

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Topics, Week Seven (classes 11 and 12)

Animation clips:

The Mind's Eye (1993)

CAD

* Softimage Modeling and Animation
* The Creation of Virtual Worlds
* Interfaces for Virtual Worlds
* The Digital Delivery of Virtual Worlds

At 6 PM, Thursday July 13, there will be a mid-term CAD review in Room 114 Avery. Assignments 1 through 4 will be reviewed.

Details of the final review will be announced soon on the main gallery page...

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