MODELING OF CURVES Prof. KAKANDIKAR G. M. B.E. PRODUCTION, M.E. MECHANICAL-CAD/CAM, [Ph.D. MECHANICAL], M.B.A. FINANCE, LMISTE, LMISE, MIET, AMISSMO, LMIAENG, MSMFRA POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DNYANGANGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & RESEARCH, NARHE, PUNEaaa a eae osnmemn een ANALYTIC CURVES A CURVE IS DESCRIBED BY ARRAYS OF COORDINATE DATA POINTS OR BY ANALYTIC EQUATION DESCRIBING CURVE LIMITATIONS OF ARRAY METHOD STORAGE REQUIRED IS EXCESSIVELY LARGE TRANSFORMATION OF POINTS FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER IS CUMBERSOME EXACT SHAPE OF CURVE IS NOT KNOWN EXACT CALCULATIONS OF INTERSECION OF SURFACES AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES CALCULATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE REDESIGN OF SHAPES IS DIFFICULT ANALYTIC EQUATIONS PROVIDES THE INFORMATION ABOUT EFFECT OF DATA POINTS ON CURVE BEHAVIOR, CONTROL, CONTINUITY, CURVATURTE TREATMENT OF CURVES IN CAD/CAM IS DIFFERENT FROM ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY CURVES DEFINING THE ENGINEERING OBJECTS ARE SMOOTH & WELL BEHAVEDNOT EVERY FORM OF CURVE IS SUITABLE TO EFFICIENTLY USE IN CAD/CAM DUE TO COMPUTATION OR PROGRAMMING CURVES ARE REPRESENTED BY PARAMETRIC OR NON [ETRIC- EQUATIONS MATHEMATICALLY NON PARAMETRIC EXPLICIT EQUATION P=[x y z]™=[x f(x) g(x)]* COORDINATES y & z OF A POINT ON THE CURVE ARE EXPRESSED TWO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF THIRD COORDINATE x AS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE NON PARAMETRIC IMPLICIT EQUATION P( x, y, z) F(x, y,z)=0 G(x, y,z)=0 ALL THE COORDINARES ARE RELATED WITH EACH OTHER BY TWO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS PARAMETRIC EQUATION EACH POINT ON CURVE IS EXPRESSED AS A FUNCTION OF PARAMETER u.