Code: 555DC3 Design Computing III - Geometry
Lecturer: doc. Ing. arch. Dana Matějovská Ph.D. Weekly load: 1P+1C Completion: GA
Department: 15122 Credits: 2 Semester: W
Description:
Design Computing 3 introduces the way computers understand geometry and space. Students skilled and trained in this area ( basic data types, coordinates, NURBS and its predecessors, simulations, optimalizations and other phenomena) can become experts in the newly created field. This knowledge is already general enough to grant students abilities in whatever modeling platform they choose (Revit-Dynamo, ArchiCAD, Rhinoceros-Grasshopper and others). By knowing and being able to use the algorithms used in current software students can solve complex problems without being dependent on the solutions provided only by the software developers mentioned above.
Contents:
The topics of the course start with point and vector representation, follows through line and polylines all the way through polynomial curve, ferguson and beziére curve to the development of NURBS geometry. Followed by curvature analysis, smooth curve continuity the subdivision and mesh smoothing is explained. Other topics include the well known voronoi diagram in context of delaunay triangulation also convex hull and the relationship between metaballs and attractor vector field and more algorithms used in current modeling.
Seminar contents:
The course is taught in the form of a few intensive one day workshops with the pomodoro time management. Students are asked to actively participate and form their own interpretations of discussed topics and eventual misunderstandings are then clarified and discussed in group. After all topics are explained, each student picks her or his own topic and creates an oral presentation for other students. This way, the knowledge is accumulated in a knowledge base for future students.
Recommended literature:
https://www.modelab.is/grasshopper-primer

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