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MUSALIAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,
PATHANAMTHITTA
SIXTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE MODEL EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Course Code: ME 308
Course Name: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PARTA

Answer any two full questions.

1. (a) What are the advantages of CAD in comparison with conventional design process?
(4 Marks)
(b) What are the various methods used in solid modeling? Explain any two in detail.
(4 Marks)
(c) Explain the needs of graphic standards? (4 Marks)
(d) Discuss how virtual reality can be incorporated in to design? (3 Marks)
2. (a) What do you mean by 2D transformation? Explain four major transformations?
(6 Marks)
(b) A line PQ is scaled by a scaling factor 3 and rotates by 45°. End point of given
line
PQ is (4, 5) and (7, 8). Show the transformation. (6 Marks)
(c) Write short notes on 3D scaling? (3 Marks)
3. (a) Discuss the historical developments of cad (7 Marks)
(b) Define CAD, CAM, CAE, CAPP and list out packages for all? (8
Marks)
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‎Answer any two full questions.
4. (a) What are the advantages of B spline curves (3 Marks)
(b) Explain about Hermite curves (3 Marks)
(c) What are the observations made in Bezier curves (3 Marks)
(d) Draw the line using Bressenham’s algorithm with the end points A (18, 8) and B
(28, 16). (6 Marks)
5. (a) Briefly discuss about sweep representation? (3 marks)
(b) Write short notes on cell decomposition? (3 marks)
(c) Explain boundary representation method in detail? (6 marks)

d) Outline spatial occupancy enumeration? 3 marks)
7 pancy