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Preface(preface.htm)

Chapter 1:  Graphic Transformations

 Rotation of Data to Create Orthographic Views at Specified Eye Position(I-1.htm)

 Rotation of Data to Create Orthographic Views from Normal Eye Position(I-2.htm)

 Isometric Projection(I-3.htm)

Use of Homogeneous Coordinates to Create Orthographic Views(I-4.htm)

Translation and Rotatiion using Homogeneous Coordinates(I-5.htm)

Rotations and Projections(I-6.htm)

Noncommutative Nature of 3D Rotations(I-7.htm)

Rotation and Translation(I-8.htm)

Projections of a Trapezoid(I-9.htm)

Interpretatiion of Surface Plots(I-10.htm)

Trimetric Projection(I-11.htm)

Isometric and Dimetric Projections(I-12.htm)

Simple Origami of Triangular Facets(I-13.htm)

Rotation about a Local Axis(I-14.htm)

Reflection through a Plane(I-15.htm)

Right Hand and Left Hand Coordinates(I-16.htm)

Local Scaling and Transformation(I-17.htm)

Overall Scaling(I-18.htm)

Local Shearing(I-19.htm)

Order of 3-D Rotations(I-20.htm)

Rotation about Parallel Principal Axes(I-21.htm)

Multiple Rotations about Parallel Principal Axes(I-22.htm)

Perspective Transformations(I-23.htm)

One and Two Point Perspectives of I-Beam(I-24.htm)

Perspective Views and Vanishing Points of a Prism(I-25.htm)

Stereo Pair(I-26)

Arbitrary Plane of Projection(I-27.htm)

Three Dimensional Reconstruction(I-28)

Transformation Reconstruction(I-29)

Transformation Reconstruction using Two Photographs(I-30)

• Normal to a Plane(II-1.htm)
• Edge View of a Plane(II-2.htm)
• Planes in True Size(II-3.htm)
• Assembly of Line and Planes(II-4.htm)
• Line seen as a Point(II-5.htm)
• Line seen in True Length(II-6)
• Parallel Lines(II-7.htm)
• Implicit Plane parallel to a Plane(II-8.htm)
• Plane containing Points and parallel to a Line(II-9.htm)
• Shortest Distance form Point to Line(II-10.htm)
• Shortest Distance from Point to Plane(II-11.htm)
• Plane perpendicular to Line(II-12.htm)
• Shortest Distance from Origin to Plane(II-13.htm)
• Intersection between Line and Plane(II-14.htm)
• Parametric Equations for a Plane and Line(II-15.htm)
• Projection of Line onto a Plane(II-16.htm)
• Shortest Distance between Skew Lines(II-17.htm)
• Shortest Distance between Two Lines with Given Slope(II-18.htm)
• Vertical Distance between Two Skew Lines(II-19.htm)

Chapter 3: Geometric Construction

• Circle in 3D Space with given Diameter(III-1.htm)
• Circle in 3D Space through Three given Points(III-2.htm)
• Circular Fillet in 3D Space(III-3.htm)
• Ellipse in 3D Space(III-4.htm)
• Ellipse defined by Internal Rectangle(III-5.htm)
• Ellipse in 3D Space using Conjugate Diameters(III-6.htm)
• Tangents drawn to Ellipse(III-7.htm)
• Parabola in 3D Space through Three Points(III-8.htm)
• Bezier Parabola(III-9.htm)
• Bezier Parabola through Three Specified Points(III-10.htm)
• Hyperbola in 2D Space(III-11.htm)
• Shortest Distance from Point to Helix(III-12.htm)
• Shortest Distance from Point to 3rd Order Bezier Curve(III-13.htm)
• Bezier Surface of Revolution(III-14.htm)
• Intersection of 3D Lines(III-15.htm)
• Apparent Angle of Intersection between Two Lines(III-16.htm)
• Intersection of Line with Parametric Surface(III-17.htm)
• Shortest Distance from Point to 4th Order Bezier Curve(III-18.htm)
• Intersection between Bezier Curve and Hyperbola(III-19.htm)
• Cardioid in Polar Coordinates(III-20.htm)
• Intersection between Cardioid and Circle(III-21.htm)
• Intersection between Two Circles(III-22.htm)

Chapter 4: Curves and Surfaces

• Parabola and Hyperbola Intersection(IV-1.htm)
• Ruled Surface between Parabola and Hyperbola(IV-2.htm)
• Area, Centroid and Moment of Inertia Computations(IV-3.htm)
• Orthographic Projections of Surface(IV-4.htm)
• Ruled Surface between Circle and Ellipse(IV-5.htm)
• Parametric Quadric Surfaces(IV-6.htm)
• Surfaces of Revolution(IV-7.htm)
• Helical Surface(IV-8.htm)
• Surface Patch Derivatives on Unit Sphere(IV-9.htm)
• Gaussian and Average Curvature(IV-10.htm)
• Surface Area and Volume(IV-11.htm)
• Parametric Surface Mapping(IV-12.htm)
• Intersection of Line with Sphere(IV-13.htm)
• Geometric Properties of Paraboloid of Revolution(IV-14.htm)
• Intersection between Plane and Surface(IV-15.htm)
• Intersection between Plane and Cone(IV-16.htm)
• Sweep Surface with Axis Rotation(IV-17.htm)
• Sweep Surface with Circular Cross Section(IV-18.htm)
• Bezier Surface of Revolution about Vertical(IV-19.htm)
• Bezier Surface of Revolution about Horizontal(IV-20.htm)
• B-Spline Surface of Revolution(IV-21.htm)

• Piecewise Cubic Spline Interpolation(V-1.htm)
• Normalized Cubic Spline(V-2.htm)
• Relaxed End Condition(V-3.htm)
• Normalized Cubic Spline and Geometric Properties(V-4.htm)
• Chord Length Parameters(V-5.htm)
• Conic Bezier Curve(V-6.htm)
• Bezier Blending Functions(V-7.htm)
• Sixth Order Bezier Curve(V-8.htm)
• 3rd Order B-Spline Curve(V-9.htm)
• 2nd Order Open Uniform B-Spline(V-10.htm)
• 4th Order Open Uniform B-Spline(V-11.htm)
• 4th Order Periodic B-Spline(V-12.htm)
• Closed 4th Order Periodic B-Spline(V-13.htm)
• Periodic B-Spline of Airfoil Shape(V-14.htm)
• Closed 4th Order Non-Symmertical Periodic B-Spline(V-15)
• Matrix Formulation for Summetric B-Spline(V-16)
• Derivatives of 2nd Order Open Uniform B-Spline(V-17.htm)
• Derivatives of 4th Order Open Uniform B-Spline(V-18.htm)
• Five Vertex 2-D B-Spline Curve Fit(V-19.htm)
• B-Spline Curve Fit through 11 Points(V-20.htm)
• B-Spline Curve Fit through 9 Points(V-21.htm)
• B-Spline Curve Fairing(V-22.htm)
• Four Vertex Curve Fairing with Third Order Open Uniform B-Spline(V-23.htm)
• Regular and Rational 3rd Order B-Spline Curves(V-24.htm)
• 4th Order Regular and Rational B-Spline Curve(V-25.htm)
• 3rd Order Regular and Rational Periodic B-Spline Curves(V-26.htm)
• 4th Order Regular and Rational Periodic B-Spline Curves(V-27.htm)
• 2nd Order Open Rational Uniform B-Spline Derivatives(V-28.htm)
• 4th Order Open Uniform Derivatives(V-29.htm)
• 3rd Order Regular and Rational Open Uniform B-Spline Curves(V-30.htm)
• 3rd Order Non-Uniform Knot Vector for Rational Conics(V-31.htm)
• 3rd Order Non-Uniform Knot Vector for Closed Circle(V-32.htm)
• Quadratic Rational B-Spline Curve(V-33.htm)