CSCI-4961: Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics
Fall 2006

Course Information

TA: Steve Berard
sberard@cs.rpi.edu
Office: MRC 331A (until Sept 15), MRC 345 (after Sept 15)
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-4:00pm

Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Data structures and algorithms (CSCI-2300), Linear algebra and calculus (MATH-2010); or permission of instructor.
Time: Monday and Thursday, 10:00am - 11:50am
Classroom: Carnegie 201

Description

Syllabus

Classes

• Class 1, Aug 28: class1.pdf
• Class 2, Aug 31: class2.pdf , hi.cpp
• Class 3, Sep 7: class3.pdf
• Class 4, Sep 11: class4.pdf , basic3d.cpp
• Class 5, Sep 14: class5.pdf
• Class 6, Sep 18: class6.pdf
• Class 7, Sep 21: class7.pdf
• Class 8, Sep 25: class8.pdf
• Class 9, Sep 28: class9.pdf
• Class 10, Oct 2: class10.pdf
• Class 11, Oct 5: class11.pdf
• Class 12, Oct 10: class12.pdf , bezier_curve.cpp
• Class 13, Oct 12: class13.pdf
• Class 14, Oct 16: class14.pdf
• Class 15, Oct 19: Midterm exam
• Class 16, Oct 23: class16.pdf : Midterm and Project 3 discussion
• Class 17, Oct 26: class17.pdf , teapot.cpp , bezmesh.cpp , bezsurf.cpp
• Class 18, Nov 1: class18.pdf
• Class 19, Nov 2: class19.pdf , texture_teapot.cpp , TextureMap.cpp , pixmap.cpp , pixmap.h
• Class 20, Nov 6: class20.pdf
• Class 21, Nov 9: class21.pdf , sierpinski2d.cpp , sierpinski3d.cpp
• Class 22, Nov 13: class22.pdf
• Class 23, Nov 16: class23.pdf Principles of Traditional Animation , article on Pixar
• Class 24, Nov 20: class24.pdf
• Class 25, Nov 27: class25.pdf
• Class 26, Nov 30: class26.pdf
• Class 27, Dec 4: class27.pdf

• Class 28, Dec 7: Final Exam -- see details regarding time below.

Homework

• HW 1, due Sept. 7: hw1.pdf
• HW 2, revised due date is Thursday, Sep 28 : hw2.pdf
• HW 3, due Oct. 18: hw3.pdf
• HW 4, due Thursday, Nov. 9: hw4.pdf
• HW 5, due Monday, Nov. 27: hw5.pdf

Projects

• Project 1, due Friday, Sept. 22: Project 1 page

• Project 2, due by 11:59:59pm on Friday, October 13: Project 2 page

• Project 3, due by 11:59:59pm on Tuesday, Nov. 7: Project 3 page

• Project 4, due by 11:59:59pm on Monday, Dec. 4: Project 4 page

• Project resubmission, due by 11:59:59pm on Sunday, Dec. 10: Project resubmission page

Exams

• Midterm Exam: October 19, 10:00am-noon, in class.

• Final Exam: Thursday, December 7. The time for the Final Exam is 9:00am-noon, in class.
  Important: If you have a schedule conflict with this time, please send me email before Wednesday, Nov 15.

  Note: There will be no makeup exam if you miss the Final Exam!

Announcements

• Semester grades have been posted on SIS. The Midterm was curved generously in calculating the final semester scores.

  Have a good Christmas break!

• Please go here if you wish to resubmit a project.

• Steve Berard will be giving the class lecture and handling office hours (2-3pm) today (Nov 27).
• Please see new information on particle systems on the Project 4 web page.

• Office hours today (Nov 20) are cancelled due to unexpected events. If you wish to meet, please send me email to schedule an alternative time today (after 5pm) or tomorrow (Tuesday).
• HW 5 has been posted above.
• Project 3 has been posted above.
• See note on late days for Project 2 on the Project 2 web page.
• Project 2 has been posted above.
• The revised due date for HW 2 is Thursday, Sept 28, as mentioned in class. Also, I gave the solution for Problem 4(b) in class. The location of corner D in the fixed world frame is [27.767, 49.8112, -91.3665]. You will need to show your work and intermediate steps to receive full credit for this problem.
• HW 2 has been posted.
• My office hours on Monday (Sept 11) are cancelled.
• Project 1 has been posted.
• The scanned-in pdf files for Lectures 1 and 2 are now available on WebCT.

Useful Links

• Get GLUT (from Nate Robins)
  
• Installing glut
  
• OpenGL Blue Book (old version)
• Nate Robins' OpenGL Tutorials
• www.opengl.org
• Source code (OpenGL Version 1.4) from OpenGL red book (4th edition) should be available here: zip , tar.Z , tgz .
• Errata list for OpenGL red book, fifth edition
• Teapot page!
• Real-Time Rendering web page has lots of interesting links
  

Books

• Computer Graphics with OpenGL, third edition. Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker. Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 0130153907.
• OpenGL Programming Guide, fifth edition. Dave Shreiner, Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, and Tom Davis. Addison Wesley, 2005. ISBN: 0321335732

• OpenGL Reference Manual, fourth edition. Editor:D. Shreiner, Addison Wesley, 2004. ISBN: 032117383X

• Real-Time Rendering, second edition. T. Akenine-Moller and E. Haines. A. K. Peters, 2002. ISBN: 156881-182-9
  
• Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, second edition. P. Shirley et al., A. K. Peters, 2005. ISBN: 1568812698
• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, second edition in C. J. D. Foley, A. van Dam, S. K. Feiner, and J. F. Hughes. Addison Wesley, 1996. ISBN: 0-201-84840-6
  or, Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, second edition. Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes. Addison Wesley, 1990. ISBN: 0-201-12110-7
  
• Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. P. Shirley. A. K. Peters, 2002. ISBN: 156881-124-1
• 3D Computer Graphics, third edition. Alan Watt. Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN: 0-201-39855-9
  
• Computer Graphics Using OpenGL, second edition. F. S. Hill, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  
• Interactive Computer Graphics, third edition. Edward Angel, Addison Wesley, 2002. ISBN 0-201-77343-0
  
• Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques. Alan Watt and Mark Watt, Addison Wesley, 1992. ISBN: 0-201-54412-1
  
• Curves and Surfaces for Computer Aided Geometric Design, fourth edition. G. Farin, Academic Press, Boston, 1998.
• OpenGL Programming for the X Windows System. M. J. Kilgard, Addison Wesley, 1996. ISBN: 0-201-48359-9
  
• OpenGL Programming for Windows 95 and Windows NT. R. Fosner, Addison Wesley, 1997. ISBN: 0-201-40709-4
• OpenGL Shading Language. Randi J. Rost, Addison-Wesley, 2004. ISBN: 0321197895