MECH 412 Computer Aided Mechanical Design

Dr. Z. C. Chen, Concordia University

Assignment Four
PROBLEM 1
Plot a B-spline curve with an order of 5 on CATIA by using the following control
points.
0.0000000

15.0000000

2.1615535

15.1592971

6.2747929

14.6605171

12.8480957

15.5277741

18.8184588

13.4597938

25.0281701

11.8949612

31.4557749

12.1895909

37.6764305

13.4099037

44.0056629

14.1750732

50.3323908

14.7396386

56.6995815

15.0073357

63.0375018

15.0106152

69.4320913

14.7584999

75.7209645

14.1973995

82.0859142

13.4539666

88.2710826

12.2615824

94.7104345

11.2811997

99.4961491

6.5082260

99.9855996

2.0825155

100.0000000

0.0000000

PROBLEM 2
A conical surface is generated by revolving a straight line between two points A (2, 0,
0) and B (1, 2, 0) about the Y-axis by 180 degrees.
1) Derive a parametric equation of the conical surface. Assume that parameter u
moves a point along a circle on a plane perpendicular to the Y-axis as it varies
from 0 to 1 and that parameter v changes the height of the circle in the Y-direction
as it varies from 0 to 1.
Y

B (1, 2, 0)

u
1
Z

A (2, 0, 0)

MECH 412 Computer Aided Mechanical Design

Dr. Z. C. Chen, Concordia University

PROBLEM 3
Represent the conical surface shown in the following figure as a ruled surface.
1) Derive P1(s) and P2(s) so that each represents the entire circle as s varies from 0 to
1.
2) Represent the conical surface by r(s, t), which blends P1(s) and P2(s) linearly.
Assume that t also varies from 0 to 1.
3) Substitute t 0.5 into the surface r ( s, t ) and explain what it represents.

R2

P2(s)

t
Y
R1

P1 (s)
s

PROBLEM 4
A B-spline surface S u, v is designed with a 3 by 3 control polyhedron. The control
points are given as P0,0 0,0,0 , P1,0 1,0,0 , P2,0 2,0,0 , P0,1 0,1,0 ,

P1,1 1,1,1 , P2,1 2,1,0 , P0,2 0, 2,0 , P1,2 1, 2,0 , P2,2 2, 2,0 .

Suppose

the orders of the base functions of u and v are both 3 and the knot vector

0,0,0,1,1,1 is

used for the base functions of u and v. Derive the equation of this

B-spline surface and find the coordinates of point S 0.1, 0.8 .

PROBLEM 5
A Bezier surface P u, v is generated with a 4 by 3 control polyhedron. The control

MECH 412 Computer Aided Mechanical Design

Dr. Z. C. Chen, Concordia University

points are P0,0 0,0,0 , P1,0 1,0,1 , P2,0 2,0,1 , P3,0 3,0,0 , P0,1 0,1,0 ,

P1,1 1,1, 2 ,

P2,1 2,1, 2 ,

P3,1 3,1,0 ,

P0,2 0, 2,0 ,

P1,2 1, 2,1 ,

P2,2 2, 2,1 , P3,2 3, 2,0 .

Draw the control polyhedron and calculate the surface point P 0.25,0.5 .