Develop an interactive CAD system using Visual Basic

Author: Su Jinming (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: For most readers, "interactive CAD technology" is a familiar yet unfamiliar concept. Why is that? Because you might often use this technology without realizing its name. So, what is interactive CAD technology? A simple analogy will make it clear: drawing a straight line segment on the screen with a mouse, selecting it, and seeing square handles appear at the endpoints. Moving the handles allows you to change the orientation and length of the line segment. Due to its advantages such as being practical, intuitive, and efficient, this technology is widely used in various professional software, data processing software, and many other applications. This book explains in detail the development techniques of interactive CAD systems using the Visual Basic language. It analyzes the ideas and skills for constructing the system and provides a complete set of code with examples. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 (Chapters 1 to 3) is the Development Basics section, which comprehensively introduces the language foundation and basic plane geometry knowledge required for developing interactive CAD systems using Visual Basic. Part 2 (Chapters 4 to 10) is the core section of the book, explaining the ideas and skills for developing interactive CAD systems using Visual Basic. Part 3 (Chapters 11 to 13) is the System Integration section, focusing on interface design, graphics printing, and how to package the compiled programs. All example programs in this book have been debugged and are included on the accompanying CD for easy learning and sharing.