00240 - Design and Drafting

Learning outcomes

The module aims to provide students with the methodological knowledge and technical skills needed for digital modeling and virtual representation of a product, furthermore characterized by complex surfaces or shapes generated in a procedural manner.

At the end of the course the students are:

addressed, through the use of software for the modeling of simple and complex surfaces and photo-realistic rendering;

the exploration of the potential offered by these tools for product development and documentation / communication; 

prepared to deal with the issues related to the production of realistic digital images.

Course contents

Within the general purpose of the workshop, the course aims at giving to the students a greater awareness and mastery in the choice and use of certain digital tools for the modeling, representation and communication of the product.

Specifically, the course will cover the following topics:

- Introduction to digital rendering techniques

- Techniques and methods of use of the digital rendering of off-line systems and rendering in real-time.

- Fundamentals of three-dimensional interactive graphics

Readings/Bibliography

Scateni R., Cignoni P., Montani C., Scopigno R., Fondamenti di grafica tridimensionale interattiva. McGraw-Hill, 2005

Akenine-Moller T., Haines E., HoffmanN., Real-Time Rendering. A K Peters, 2008

Teaching methods

The course is organized in cycles of communications / lectures, a series of practical exercises aimed at developing a digital presentation of a product, and some evaluation test.

Assessment methods

During the course a practical and a theoretical individual test will be provided, whose evaluations will be integrated with those regarding the exercises.

The evaluation looks at the results of the case study exercise carried out.

Office hours

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