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Terminated in academic year 2016/2017

Principles of Computer Graphics and CAD

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0008/05
Abbreviation PGCAD
Course title Principles of Computer Graphics and CAD
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator Ing. Tomáš Peňáz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- A two kinds of computer 2D graphics. Colours and colour models. Graphical user environment.
- Raster graphics image or bitmap, raster graphics image file formats.
- Vector graphics, vector graphics file formats.
- Creating a vector and a raster graphics. Digitizing and vectorizing.
- 2D vector and raster presentation of geometrical objects. Vector primitives.
- Vector and raster graphics processing.
- 3D graphics – 3D solids, 3D curves, 3D surface and 3D mesh.
- CAD systems and geoinformation technologies. CAD software overview.
- Computer graphics hardware overview.
- AutoCAD – utilities, entities and drawing commands, model space.
- AutoCAD – editing commands.
- AutoCAD – entity property, drawing utilities.
- AutoCAD – blocs, attributes, dimensioning a hatching.
- AutoCAD – paper space, graphic output design.

Literature

- Duff, T., Ledin, G.: Modern Computer Graphics, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008, ISBN:9780071112291 

Advised literature

- Burchard, B., Pitzer, D.: AutoCAD 2002: Professional, Cengage Learning, 2002 ISBN-13: 9780766843691 
- AutoCAD help pages