Reference    
 Books    

Solid Modeling 

• An Introduction to Solid Modeling, Mantyla, Computer Science Press, 1988.

• Geometric and Solid Modeling: An Introduction, Hoffmann, Morgan Kaufmann, 1989. 

• Solid Modelling with DESIGNBASE, Chiyokura, Addison Wesley, 1988.

Curves and Surfaces 

• Curves and Surfaces for Computer Aided Geometric Design, Farin, Academic Press, 1993 (3rd edition). 

• Fundamentals of Computer Aided Geometric Design, Hoschek and Lasser, A K Peters, 1993. 

• Computational Geometry for Design and Manufacturing, Faux, Halsted Press, 1979. 

• Curves and Surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design, Yamaguchi, Springer, 1988.

Computer Graphics 

• Computer Graphics, Foley, Addison Wesley, 1990.

Computational Geometry 

• Computational Geometry in C, O'Rourke, 1998 (second edition).

Numerical Methods 

• Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, Press, Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Programming Language 

• The C Programming Language, Kernighan and Ritchie, Prentice-Hall, 1988 (2nd edition) 

• The C++ Programming Language, Stroustrup, Addison Wesley, 1991 (2nd edition) 

• C++ Primer, Lippman, Addison Wesley, 1991 (2nd edition)

Journals and   
 Conferences    

• Computer Aided Design 

• Computer Aided Geometric Design 

• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 

• Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications 

• ACM Transactions on Graphics 

• Engineering with Computers 

• The Visual Computer 

• Journal of Mechanical Design (ASME Transactions) 

• ACM SIGGRAPH Proceedings 

• ACM Solid Modeling Conference Proceedings 

• ACM Computational Geometry Conference Proceedings I

• FIP Conference Proceedings on CAD, CAM, CAE 

• IEEE Visualization Conference 

• ASME Design Automation Conferences

MATHCAD     

Download all the Mathcad files: all-mathcad.zip (361Kb) => operator.pdf, si-units.pdf, arrow.pdf, greek.pdf, vectors-matrices.mcd, and matrix.algebra.mcd.

Reference Tables

• Operator table: this is a handy summary of Mathcad operators with keystrokes.
  Download the table: operator.zip (181KB) => operator.pdf (1,811KB)

• SI units table: this is a list of pre-defined SI units in Mathcad.
  Download the table: si-units.zip (60KB) => si-units.pdf (1,208KB)

• Arrow and movement key table: this is a list of how to move in a Mathcad document using arrow keys and other keystrokes.
  Download the table: arrow.zip (66KB) => arrow.pdf (606KB)

• Greek letter table: this is a list of Greek letters and how to type them in Mathcad.
  Download the table: greek.zip (31KB) => greek.zip (608KB)

Help Files on Vectors and Matrices

• How to define vectors and matrices.  
  Download the help file: vectors-matrices.zip (18KB) => vectors-matrices.mcd (72KB)

• How to perform vector and matrix operations.
  Download the help file: matrix-algebra.zip (8KB) => matrix.algebra.mcd (31KB)

VRML2     

Virtual Reality Modeling Language 2

Viewing VRML files on Windows, use either:

• Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer on Andrew NT machines
  (They both have the Cosmo player plug-in installed.)

• Internet Explorer with the VRML2.0 Viewer, vrml2c.exe (1,213KB)

Sample VRML2 (or VRML97) Objects

• Sample file from PS1 "canvas.wrl." 

• Fun objects:   Bus  |  Coffee Maker  |  Snowman

Printing out VRML image on Windows and Unix/X-Window

Windows users can print out your VRML image in the following way: 

• make the viewer window active (by clicking on anywhere on the viewer window)

• type [Alt]+[PrintScreen] -- this will capture the screen image to the clipboard

• paste the image on the clipboard into a Word document, PowerPoint, or any image/graphics editors -- this can be done by [Ctrl]+[v], or by the "paste" command under the "edit" menu.

Unix/X-Window users can use the "xv" command to capture a screen image.

VRML2 (or VRML97) Language Specification

• Click VRML97 at the upper right corner of the VRML Homepage (http://www.vrml.org/)

More VRML2 (or VRML97) Information

• VRML Homepage (http://www.vrml.org/)

  • What is VRML?  (http://www.vrml.org/about/)

  • VRML Repository (http://www.web3d.org/vrml/vrml.htm)

• A list of other VRML browsers

• VRML object libraries