Elements of parametric design

Woodbury, Robert (Robert Francis) 1955- (Author).

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ISBN: 0415779871 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0415779863 (hardback)
ISBN: 9780415779869 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780415779876 (pbk : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xi, 300 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Introduction -- 2. What is parametric modeling? -- 3. How designers use parameters -- 3.1. Conventional and parametric -- 3.2. New skills -- 3.2.1. Conceiving data flow -- 3.2.2. Dividing to conquer -- 3.2.3. Naming -- 3.2.4. Thinking with abstraction -- 3.2.5. Thinking mathematically -- 3.2.6. Thinking algorithmically -- 3.3. New strategies -- 3.3.1. Sketching -- 3.3.2. Throw code away -- 3.3.3. Copy and modify -- 3.3.4. Search for form -- 3.3.5. Use mathematics and computation to understand design -- 3.3.6. Defer decisions -- 3.3.7. Make modules -- 3.3.8. Help others -- 3.3.9. Develop your toolbox -- 4. Programming -- 4.1. Values -- 4.2. Variables -- 4.3. Expressions -- 4.4. Statements -- 4.5. Control statements -- 4.6. Functions -- 4.7. Types -- 4.8. Objects, classes & methods -- 4.9. Data structures, viz. lists -- 4.10. Conventions for this book -- 4.11. It's more than writing code -- 4.12. Parameter + Algorithm -- 4.13. End-user programming -- 5. New Elephant House -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Capturing design intent -- 5.3. torus -- 5.4. Structure generator -- 5.5. Frit generator -- 5.6. Conclusions -- 6. Geometry -- 6.1. Vectors and points -- 6.1.1. Points -- 6.1.2. Vectors -- 6.1.3. Vectors and points are different -- 6.1.4. arithmetic of vectors -- 6.1.5. arithmetic of points -- 6.1.6. Combining vectors -- 6.1.7. Length and distance -- 6.1.8. Bound and free vectors -- 6.1.9. scalar product -- 6.1.10. Projecting one vector onto another -- 6.1.11. Converse projection -- 6.2. Lines in 2D -- 6.2.1. Explicit equation -- 6.2.2. Implicit equation -- 6.2.3. Line operator -- 6.2.4. Normal-point equation -- 6.2.5. Parametric equation -- 6.2.6. Projecting a point to a line -- 6.3. Lines in 3D -- 6.4. Planes -- 6.4.1. Normal vector -- 6.4.2. Implicit equation -- 6.4.3. Normal-point equation -- 6.4.4. Plane operator -- 6.4.5. Parametric equation -- 6.4.6. Projecting a point onto a plane -- 6.5. Coordinate systems = frames -- 6.5.1. Generating frames: the cross product -- 6.5.2. Representing frames -- 6.5.3. Matrices as representations -- 6.5.4. Matrices as mappings -- 6.5.5. Matrices as transformations -- 6.6. Geometrically significant vector bases -- 6.7. Composing vector bases -- 6.7.1. Which comes first? Translation or rotation? -- 6.8. Intersections -- 6.8.1. Do two objects intersect? -- 6.8.2. Generate an object lying on another object -- 6.8.3. Intersect two objects -- 6.8.4. Closest fitting object -- 6.9. Curves -- 6.9.1. Conic sections -- 6.9.2. When conic sections are not enough -- 6.9.3. Interpolation versus approximation -- 6.9.4. Linear interpolation &equiv; tweening -- 6.9.5. Parametric curve representations -- 6.9.6. Relating objects to curves -- 6.9.7. Continuity: when curves join -- 6.9.8. Bezier curves - the most simple kind of free-form curve -- 6.9.9. Order and degree -- 6.9.10. Bezier curve properties -- 6.9.11. Joining Bezier curves -- 6.9.12. B-Spline curves -- 6.9.13. Non-uniform rational B-Spline curves -- 6.9.14. rule of four and five -- 6.10. Parametric surfaces -- 7. Geometric gestures -- 7.1. Geometrical fluidity: White Magnolia Tower -- 7.2. Designing with bits: Nanjing South Station -- 7.3. Alternative design thinking -- 8. Patterns for parametric design -- 8.1. structure of design patterns -- 8.2. Learning parametric modeling with patterns -- 8.3. Working with design patterns -- 8.4. Writing design patterns -- 8.5. Clear Names -- 8.6. Controller -- 8.7. Jig -- 8.8. Increment -- 8.9. Point Collection -- 8.10. Place Holder -- 8.11. Projection -- 8.12. Reactor -- 8.13. Reporter -- 8.14. Selector -- 8.15. Mapping -- 8.16. Recursion -- 8.17. Goal Seeker -- 9. Design space exploration -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.1.1. Design space -- 9.1.2. Alternatives and variations -- 9.2. Hysterical space -- 9.2.1. Recorder pattern -- 9.2.2. Hysterical State pattern -- 9.3. Case study -- 9.4. Representing the hysterical space -- 9.5. Visualizing the hysterical space -- 9.6. Conclusion.