Geometric Programming for Computer Aided Design

Preface.

I Programming and Geometry.

Introduction to FL and PlaSM.

Geometric programming.

Elements of linear algebra.

Elements of polyhedral geometry.

Elements of differential geometry.

II Graphics.

Affine transformations.

Graphic primitives.

Hierarchical structures.

Graphic pipelines.

Viewing and rendering.

III Modeling.

Parametric curves.

Parametric surfaces and solids.

Basic solid modeling.

Dimension-independent PLaSM operators.

Motion modeling.

Appendix A: Definition of MyFont.

Appendix B: PLaSM libraries.

Appendix C: References.

Index.