4.560 Fall 2009 Lecture and Lab information (subject to change)

Prof. Takehiko Nagakura

last revised : 9/03/2009


Schedule


 

Wednesday

 

Class 01

 

Introduction

 

date:09-09

 

Exercise #0

 

Project Registration (login as 4.560)

 

 

 

 

 

List of Recommended Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

Past Student Projects

 

 

 

Exercise #1

 

Digital Analytique

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Images from D' Espouy's Books

 

 

 

 

 

Example of Exercise #1

 

 

 

Lab

 

Photoshop (basic tools)

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorial Examples

 

 

 

Reference

 

DDM Chapter 6: Images



 

Wednesday

 

Class 02

 

Digital Images

 

date:09-16

 

Lab

 

Photoshop (layers, channels)

 

 

 

 

 

Channel Demo



 

Wednesday

 

Class 03

 

2D Constructions (Entitires and Properties)

 

date:09-23

 

Lab

 

AutoCAD Drafting (part 1)

 

 

 

Download Examples:

 

 

 

 

 

Layers, Linetypes: 2d_citrohan_rev3.dwg

 

 

 

Exercise #02

 

2D Drawings (plan, elevation and section)

 

 

 

Reference

 

DDM Chapters 7-8: Drafted Lines, Polygons

 

 

 

Deadline

 

Submit Exercise #1 to TA's



 

Wednesday

 

Class 04

 

2D Constructions (layers, blocks, xref, and printing)

 

date:09-30

 

Lab

 

AutoCAD Drafting (part 2)

 

 

 

Laser-cutter tutorial

 

 

 

 

 

Download Examples:

 

 

 

 

 

Blocks: church_block_2003.dwg

 

date:10-02

 

Lab

 

Rhino 2D (basic interaface and 2D entities)

 

 

 

Reference

 



 

Wednesday

 

Class 05

 

3D View Projections, 3D Solids

 

date:10-07

 

Lab

 

AutoCAD Solid Modeler, UCS, Projections

 

 

 

 

 

Download example:

 

 

 

 

 

pendentives.dwg

 

 

 

 

 

site.dwg

 

 

 

 

 

sophia-sec2.dwg

 

 

 

 

 

3d_citrohan_09_w_ plan.dwg

 

 

 

Exercise #03

 

3D Modeling of Elements

 

 

 

Reference

 

DDM Chapter 11: Solids

 

 

 

Deadline

 

Submit Exercise #2 to TA's



 

date:10-09

 

 

 

Last day to add a class



 

Wednesday

 

Class 06

 

Surfaces, 3D printing

 

date:10-14

 

Lab

 

AutoCAD/Rhino Surface Modeler, Paper Space Printing, STL file creation
3Dprint tips
3Dprint examples
ronchamp_tutorial.3dm

 

date:10-16

 

Lab

 

Rhino Surface Modeler

 

 

 

Reference

 

DDM Chapters 9-10: 3D Lines, Surfaces

 

 

date:10-12

 

 

 

Columbus Day Holiday

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Wednesday

 

Class 07

 

Visualization (part #1)

 

date:10-21

 

Lab

 

Rendering in 3DStudio MAX (part #1)

 

 

 

 

 

Download:

 

 

 

 

 

image samples

 

 

 

 

 

3d_citrohan_10_ bottom01.dwg

 

 

 

 

 

3d_citrohan_10_ bottom01.max

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise #04

 

Rendering of an element with a fixed view

 

 

 

Deadline

 

Submit Exercise #3 to TA's

 

 

 

Wednesday

 

Class 08

 

Visualization (part #2)

 

date:10-28

 

Lab

 

Rendering in 3DStudio MAX (part #2)

 

 

 

 

 

Downloads:

 

 

 

 

 

image samples

 

 

 

 

 

3d_citrohan_11_whi te.max

 

 

 

 

 

3d_citrohan_11_map.m ax

 

 

 

 

 

texture samples for demo

 

 

 

 

 

corner.dwg

 

 

 

 

 

water in max

 

 

 

Reference

 

The Reconfigured Eye

 

 

Wednesday

 

Class 09

 

Perspective and Precidents

 

date:11-04

 

Lab

 

HTML Tutorials

 

 

 

 

 

HTML Basics and Class Web Server

 

 

 

 

 

template index.html file for Flash content

 

 

 

 

Exercise #05

 

Making your own www pages

 

 

 

Deadline

 

Submit Exercise #4



 

Wednesday

 

Class 10

 

Guest Lecturer

 

date:11-18

 

 

 

TBA

 

 

 

Lab

 

Radiosity with VIZ

 

 

 

 

 

Downloads:

 

 

 

 

 

image samples

 

 

 

 

 

demo file (Citrohan House): 3d_citrohan_v13_radio3_acad2004-glass-frozen.dwg

 

 

 

Deadline

 

Submit Exercise #5 to TA's

 

 

date:11-11

 

 

 

Veterans' Day

 

Wed, Fri

 

 

 

Mid-term Review

 

date:11-18,20

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

 

 

 

No class

 

date:11-25

 

 

 

 

date:11-26,27

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

 

Class 12

 

Animation

 

date:11-25

 

Lab

 

Camera Animation in 3DS MAX.

 

 

 

 

 

QTVR sample file

 

 

 

 

 

QTVR Panorama

 

 

Wednesday

 

Class 13

 

Advanced Geometric Modeling

 

date:12-02

 

 

 

Design Studio of the Future

 

 

 

 

 

*CAD/CAM

 

 

 

 

 

*Rapid Prototyping

 

 

 

 

 

*World Wide Web

 

 

 

 

 

*Virtual Studio

 

 

 

 

 

*Interactive Spatial Visualization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lab

 

Consulting

 

 

Wednesday

 

Class 14

 

Final Presentation Session 1 (for early robins)

 

date:12-09

 

Lab

 

Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday

 

Exam Week

 

Final Presentation Session 2 (for late ducks)

 

date:12-17

 

 

 

1:30PM - 4:30PM, Rm 4-145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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