CHAPTER 3 Engineering GeometryAfter completing this chapter, you will be able to:
1. Describe the importance of engineering geometry in the engineering design process.
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2. Describe coordinate geometry and coordinate systems and apply them to CAD.
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3. Explain the right-hand rule.
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4. List the major categories of geometric entities.
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5. Explain and construct the geometric conditions that occur between lines.
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6. Explain and construct tangent conditions between lines and curves.
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7. Explain and construct conic sections, roulettes, double curved lines, and freeform curves.
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8. List and describe surface geometric forms.
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9. Describe engineering applications of geometry.
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10. Describe two types of 3-D modeling.
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