Cheng, Ron

Inside Rhinoceros 4 / Ron K.C. Cheng. - xiii, 721 s. ; 23cm.

Introduction -- Audience and Prerequisites -- Philosophy and Approach -- About the Companion CD-ROM -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Bubble Car Chassis -- Introduction -- Constructing the Mechanical Components -- Summary -- Case Study 2: Bubble Car Body -- Introduction -- Bodywork Construction -- Summary -- Chapter 1: Rhinoceros Functions and User Interface -- Introduction -- What is Rhinoceros? -- Rhino's User Interface -- Utilities and Help System -- File Saving Methods -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2: Rhinoceros Basic Operating Methods -- Introduction -- Appreciating the Construction Plane Concept -- Using Coordinates Input -- Using Drawing Aids -- Manipulating Geometric Objects -- History Manager -- Layer Manipulation -- Object Display Control -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 3: Rhinoceros NURBS Surfaces -- Introduction -- Rhino's NURBS Surface -- Common Free-Form Surfaces -- Other Kinds of Rhino Free-form Surfaces. -- Planar Surfaces -- Derived Surfaces -- Rhino's Accuracy -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 4: Free-Form NURBS Curves and Point Objects -- Introduction -- Rhino Curves -- Spline Segment, Polynomial Degree, and Control Point -- Point Editing -- Points and Point Clouds -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 5: Curves of Regular Pattern -- Introduction -- Line -- Polyline -- Connected Line Segments and Polyline -- Rectangle -- Polygon -- Circle -- Arc -- Ellipse -- Parabola -- Hyperbola -- Conic -- Helix -- Spiral -- Degree of Polynomial and Point Editing. -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 6: Curve Manipulation -- Introduction -- Manipulating a Curve's Length -- Treating Two or More Separate Curves -- Curve Refinement Methods -- Curves and Points from Existing Objects -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 7: NURBS Surface Manipulation -- Introduction -- Surface Boundary Manipulation -- Treating Two or More Separate Surfaces -- Continuity Between Contiguous Surfaces-- Surface Profile Manipulation -- Surface Edge Manipulation -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 8: Rhinoceros Polysurfaces and Solids -- Introduction -- Rhino's Solid Modeling Method -- Solids of Regular Geometric Shapes -- Constructing Free-Form Solid Objects -- Combining Rhino Solids -- Detailing a Solid -- Editing Solids -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 9: Polygon Meshes -- Introduction -- Constructing Polygon Mesh Primitives -- Constructing Polygon Meshes from Existing Objects -- Mapping Polygon Meshes -- Combining and Separating -- Manipulating Mesh Faces -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Object Transformation -- Introduction -- Translation -- Deformation -- Translate and Deform. -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Rhinoceros Data Analysis -- Introduction -- General Tools -- Dimensional Analysis Tools -- Surface Analysis Tools -- Mass Properties Tools -- Diagnostics Tools -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 12: Group, Block, and Work Session -- Introduction --Group -- Block -- Worksession Manager and Design Collaboration -- Drag and Drop -- Textual Information -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 13: 2D Drawing Output and Data Exchange -- Introduction -- Engineering Drawing -- Data Exchange -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 14: Rendering -- Introduction -- Digital Rendering and Animation -- Camera Setting -- Digital Lighting -- Digital Material -- Environment Objects -- Render Properties -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions --



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Three-dimensional display systems
Üç boyutlu görüntü sistemleri
Computer graphics
Bilgisayar grafikleri

T385 / .C54 2008