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From: rqureshi@wpi.WPI.EDU (Rizwan A Qureshi)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN >> SOLID MODELING
Message-ID: <1990Nov26.172349.14722@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 26 Nov 90 17:23:49 GMT
Sender: rqureshi@wpi.WPI.EDU (Rizwan A Qureshi)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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                        COMPUTER  AIDED  DESIGN   >>  SOLID MODELING
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Project title: TEACHING METHODOLOGIES FOR SOLID MODELING.

Software used: Aries Technology (Solid Modeling package) on Sun SparcStation.
               ME30 on HP series 9000.
               CADKEY on a PC. (Wireframe package)

  I am doing a project on Solid Modeling (a subset of Computer Aided Design).
I want to obtain some information about people's experiences who are or have
been involved with this technology.  If you are instructing or taking a 
Solid Modeling class then kindly mail me your comments on the class.  Some 
questions to answer can be:

    > What teaching methodologies are you using?
    > What method can be constructed which could be used to evaluate if 
         a particular part is complex or simple?
    > What is a complex part? How does one define complex?
    > What concepts of Solid Modeling are essential and should be included if
         a course on Solid Modeling is taught? 
    
    > What are some of the flaws/user-unfriendliness in the Aries Technology?
    > What are the limits of Aries Technology?

If you can provide the above information then please send it to:

email: rqureshi@wpi.wpi.edu

I thank you in advance!

Rizwan Qureshi
Computer Science Dept./ Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute.