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DDA Algorithm

The document explains the Digital Differential Analyzer (DDA) algorithm for generating points on a digital line between given start and end points. It describes the key steps of calculating the change in X and Y, the slope, and number of steps, then generating each subsequent point based on the slope comparison cases until the end is reached.

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DDA Algorithm

The document explains the Digital Differential Analyzer (DDA) algorithm for generating points on a digital line between given start and end points. It describes the key steps of calculating the change in X and Y, the slope, and number of steps, then generating each subsequent point based on the slope comparison cases until the end is reached.

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DDA Algorithm-
DDA Algorithm is the simplest line drawing algorithm.

Given-

Starting coordinates = (X0, Y0)

Ending coordinates = (Xn, Yn)

The points generation using DDA Algorithm involves the following steps-

Step-01:

Calculate ΔX, ΔY and M from the given input.

These parameters are calculated as-

ΔX = Xn – X0

ΔY =Yn – Y0

M = ΔY / ΔX

Step-02:

Find the number of steps or points in between the starting and ending coordinates.

if (absolute (ΔX) > absolute (ΔY))

Steps = absolute (ΔX);

else

Steps = absolute (ΔY);

Step-03:

Suppose the current point is (Xp, Yp) and the next point is (Xp+1, Yp+1).
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Find the next point by following the below three cases

Step-04:

Keep repeating Step-03 until the end point is reached or the number of generated
new points (including the starting and ending points) equals to the steps count.

PRACTICE PROBLEMS BASED ON DDA ALGORITHM-

Problem-01:

Calculate the points between the starting point (5, 6) and ending point (8, 12).

Solution-

Starting coordinates = (X0, Y0) = (5, 6)

Ending coordinates = (Xn, Yn) = (8, 12)

Step-01:

Calculate ΔX, ΔY and M from the given input.


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ΔX = Xn – X0 = 8 – 5 = 3

ΔY =Yn – Y0 = 12 – 6 = 6

M = ΔY / ΔX = 6 / 3 = 2

Step-02:

Calculate the number of steps.

As |ΔX| < |ΔY| = 3 < 6, so number of steps = ΔY = 6

Step-03:

As M > 1, so case-03 is satisfied.

Now, Step-03 is executed until Step-04 is satisfied.

Calculate the points between the starting point (5, 6) and ending point (13, 10).
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Starting coordinates = (X0, Y0) = (5, 6)

Ending coordinates = (Xn, Yn) = (13, 10)

Step-01:

Calculate ΔX, ΔY and M from the given input.

ΔX = Xn – X0 = 13 – 5 = 8

ΔY =Yn – Y0 = 10 – 6 = 4

M = ΔY / ΔX = 4 / 8 = 0.50

Step-02:

Calculate the number of steps.

As |ΔX| > |ΔY| = 8 > 4, so number of steps = ΔX = 8

Step-03:

As M < 1, so case-01 is satisfied.

Now, Step-03 is executed until Step-04 is satisfied.


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Problem-03:

Calculate the points between the starting point (1, 7) and ending point (11, 17).

Solution-

Given-

Starting coordinates = (X0, Y0) = (1, 7)

Ending coordinates = (Xn, Yn) = (11, 17)

Step-01:

Calculate ΔX, ΔY and M from the given input.

ΔX = Xn – X0 = 11 – 1 = 10

ΔY =Yn – Y0 = 17 – 7 = 10

M = ΔY / ΔX = 10 / 10 = 1

Step-02:

Calculate the number of steps.

As |ΔX| = |ΔY| = 10 = 10, so number of steps = ΔX = ΔY = 10


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Step-03:

As M = 1, so case-02 is satisfied.

Now, Step-03 is executed until Step-04 is satisfied.


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