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Form-Finding and Structural Optimization: Gaudi Workshop
- Instructors
- Prof. Erik Demaine, Prof. John Ochsendorf, Martin Demaine, Simon Greenwold, Axel Kilian, Prof. Barbara Cutler
- Term
- Fall 2004
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 8 other files · 5 web pages
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- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 4.491 Form-Finding and Structural Optimization: Gaudi Workshop, Fall 2004, Prof. Erik Demaine, Prof. John Ochsendorf, Martin Demaine, Simon Greenwold, Axel Kilian, Prof. Barbara Cutler — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1 - PSystem: Particle Systems Plugin for Processing Download
- Lecture 2 - Importing Objects into Processing with PSystem Plugin Download
Assignments
- Assignment 0: SodaPlay Download
- Assignment 1: Programming in Processing Download
- Assignment 1b: Initial Group Brainstorming Download
- Assignment 2: Model Research and Construction Download
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Lecture 2: Particle Spring Systems I Barb Presented an Overview of Recent Computer Graphics Research Class Discussion of SodaPlay Models from Assignment 0
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Lecture 3: Particle Spring Systems II Particle System Plugin Documentation and Particle System Introduction
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Lecture 4: More on Processing from Simon Class Discussion of Processing Applets from Assignment 1
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Lecture 5: Class Presentations from Group Brainstorming
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Lecture 6: Vector Fields Working Session
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Lecture 7: Class Discussion of Assignment 2 Simon’s Documentation for Loading Triangle Meshes into Processing Working Session
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Lecture 8: Mid-term Presentations Formed Final Groups
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Lecture 9: Simon Talked about Explicit vs. Implicit Integration New Processing Particle Systems with Implicit Solver
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Lecture 10: Working Session
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Lecture 11: Working Session (cont.)
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Lecture 12: Final Presentations
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Erik Demaine, Prof. John Ochsendorf, Martin Demaine, Simon Greenwold, Axel Kilian, Prof. Barbara Cutler, 4.491 Form-Finding and Structural Optimization: Gaudi Workshop, Fall 2004.
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