Procedural Modelling
Spatial Computational Thinking,
The first in our “Spatial Computational Thinking” program, this “Procedural Modelling” course will focus on the fundamentals of procedural programming in 3D. You’ll learn to write computational procedures using data structures and control-flow statements to automate the production of 3D models.
During the course, you will learn a range of computational methods. These include general programming constructs such as using ‘while’ loops, ‘for-each’ loops, ‘if-else’ conditions, as well as writing your own custom functions. In addition, you will also learn to use two key data structures: list and dictionaries. And in the process, you will become familiar with the programming process: writing code, executing code and debugging code.
When creating modelling procedures, you will use a range of different modelling functions. You will also learn how geometric models can be augmented with an additional layer of semantic data. You will learn how geometric entities can be tagged with additional attribute values, and how these attributes can then be used for querying your models. You will also learn how to add attributes to define colour, materials, and other visual properties.
During this course, you will use Möbius Modeller, the modelling tool that is used throughout this “Spatial Computational Thinking” module. It is free and easy to use browser-based software to write algorithms for automatic generation and visualization of complex models with spatial information.
The programming language uses a visual programming approach combining flowcharts with procedural programming. This makes the process of learning coding much easier, allowing you to quickly acquire the knowledge and skills required for writing complex computational procedures for generating, analysing, and visualizing complex 3D spatial information models. The programming knowledge you gain will be highly transferable if you later choose to use other languages in your future work such as Python or Javascript.
The modelling exercises and assignments during this course will start with a simple procedural approach to 2D and 3D patterns and will progress towards more complex geometries representing entities within the built environment such as building footprints, building facades and staircases.
The course prepares you for the next course in the “Spatial Computational Thinking” program, focusing on generative modelling of more complex types of spatial information models.
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Cost | $149 |
From | NUS, The National University of Singapore via edX |
Instructors | Patrick Janssen, Derek Pung, Pradeep Alva |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Data Science Art & Design |
Tags | Computer Science Data Analysis & Statistics Design |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 4 - 6 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $149 |
From | NUS, The National University of Singapore via edX |
Instructors | Patrick Janssen, Derek Pung, Pradeep Alva |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Data Science Art & Design |
Tags | Computer Science Data Analysis & Statistics Design |
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