Programming While Construction of Engineering 3D Models of Complex Geometry

[摘要] The capabilities of geometrically accurate computational 3D models construction with the use of programming are presented. The construction of models of an architectural arch and a glo-boid worm gear is considered as an example. The models are designed in the AutoCAD pack-age. Three programs of construction are given. The first program is for designing a multi-section architectural arch. The control of the arch's geometry by impacting its main parameters is shown. The second program is for designing and studying the working surface of a globoid gear's worm. The article shows how to make the animation for this surface's formation. The third program is for formation of a worm gear cavity surface. The cavity formation dynamics is studied. The programs are written in the AutoLisp programming language. The program texts are provided.

[发布机构] Department of Engineering and Computer Graphics, South Ural State University, Lenin Avenue, 76, Chelyabinsk; 454080, Russia^1

[学科分类] 土木及结构工程学

[关键词] 3D models;AutoLISP;programming language;Cavity formation;Cavity surfaces;Complex geometries;Construction of models;Main parameters;Multi-section