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Graphic Design and Numerical Calculus (2500032) – Course 2025/26 PDF

Contents

Basic properties of CAD systems. Graphic devices; hardware. Existing software; AutoCAD. Interaction with other types of software. Application examples.

Dedication

1h Large group + 1h 24m Self Study
Total: 2h 24m

The AutoCAD environment: drawing area, menu area, and command area. Basic concepts and operations: objects; creation, selection and listing. The AutoCAD environment: drawing area, menu area, and command area. Basic concepts and operations: objects; creation, selection and listing.

Dedication

2h Large group + 3h Medium group + 7h Self Study
Total: 12h

Objects: straight lines, circles, arcs References to objects: base points, intersection, perpendicularity. Simple geometric constructions.

Dedication

6h Large group + 3h Medium group + 12h 36m Self Study
Total: 21h 36m

Transformations. Translations. Symmetries, turns. Parallelism. Coordinate systems. Measurement of distances and angles. Homotheses and similarities. Advanced geometric constructions.

Dedication

3h Large group + 6h Medium group + 12h 36m Self Study
Total: 21h 36m

Coding of graphic objects; input and output formats. Accuracy. Virtual screen. Regeneration. Import and export files. Input and output formats.

Dedication

6h Large group + 8h 23m Self Study
Total: 14h 23m

Criteria and interpolation techniques. Splines. Classification. Smoothing of splines. Exploitation of graphic files. Advanced operations with objects. Area calculation. Examples of application: digitization and graphic treatment of measures; rethinking. Advanced exploitation of graphic files: introduction to programming within AutoCAD. Application examples: programming of numerical algorithms for solving engineering problems. Blogs, external references. Attributes. Complementary techniques (dimensioning).

Dedication

6h Large group + 3h Medium group + 3h Laboratory classes + 16h 47m Self Study
Total: 28h 47m

Generation of 3D figures from 2D models. Movements in space. Examples of modeling solids.

Dedication

3h Medium group + 4h 11m Self Study
Total: 7h 11m