Interactive Computational Simulation
CIS 5930

Fall 2002
TTh 3:35
499 Dirac Science Library
Dr. David C. Banks

 
 
  1. 1 hours
    Download wave.03.tar.gz
    gunzip, tar, make, go.

    Open wave.03/doc/simulation.cxx.pdf and print it for your notebook. Highlight the parts that are new since wave.02 (use xdiff as a guide).

  2. 1 hours
    Browse the Web for another interesting surface where the coordinates (x,y,z) are each a function of more than two variables.

  3. 3 hours
    Pick one of the example functions or use one that's of interest to you or your advisor.

    Modify the inner loop of simulation.cxx to evaluate x,y,z using your function. The values of parameters s and t come from the underlying grid. Make the value of a third variable u depend on the time variable of the simulation. You should see your surface change shape over time as the value of u changes.

    Take a screen shot of your surface. Put it on your Web page for this assignment.
    Put a copy in your notebook.

    Edit the README.txt to describe what you did. Link your hw03.tar.gz tarball from your Web page for this assignment.
    Put a copy of the README.txt in your notebook.

  4. 1 hours
    Read chapter 3 (Nodes and Groups) of The Inventor Mentor.