CSCI-4962: Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics
Fall 2002

Course Information

TA: Yogi Girdhar
Office: Amos Eaton 208, x8265, girdhy@cs.rpi.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 5:00-6:00pm

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: Ricketts 211

Description

Syllabus

Classes

• Class 1, Aug 26: class1.pdf
• Class 2, Aug 29: class2.pdf , hi.cpp
• Class 3, Sep 5: class3.pdf
• Class 4, Sep 9: class4.pdf , basic3d.cpp
• Class 5, Sep 12: class5.pdf
• Class 6, Sep 16: class6.pdf
• Class 7, Sep 19: class7.pdf
• Class 8, Sep 23: class8.pdf
• Class 9, Sep 26: class9.pdf , lightsphere.cpp
• Class 10, Sep 30: class10.pdf
• Class 11, Oct 3: class11.pdf , bezier_curve.cpp , curves.c
• Class 12, Oct 7: class12.pdf
• Class 13, Oct 10: class13.pdf
• Class 14, Oct 15: class14.pdf
• Class 15, Oct 17: Midterm exam
• Class 16, Oct 21: class16.pdf , teapot.cpp , bezmesh.cpp , bezsurf.cpp
• Class 17, Oct 24: class17.pdf
• Class 18, Oct 28: class18.pdf , texture_teapot.cpp (needs OpenGL 1.2) or tex_teapot.cpp (works with OpenGL 1.1, cannot do separate specular highlights), TextureMap.cpp , pixmap.cpp , pixmap.h
• Class 19, Oct 31: class19.pdf , mipmap.cpp
• Class 20, Nov 4: class20.pdf
• Class 21, Nov 7: class21.pdf
• Class 22, Nov 11: class22.pdf
• Class 23, Nov 14: class23.pdf , sierpinski2d.cpp , sierpinski3d.cpp
• Class 24, Nov 18: class24.pdf
• Class 25, Nov 21: class25.pdf
• Class 26, Nov 25: class26.pdf
• Class 27, Dec 2: class27.pdf

Homework

• HW 1, due Sept. 5: hw1.pdf , hi.cpp , Makefile for CS Suns
• HW 2, due Sept. 26: hw2.pdf
• HW 3, due Oct. 15: hw3.pdf
• HW 4, due Nov. 14: hw4.pdf
• HW 5, due Nov. 25 (New: see announcements below!): hw5.pdf

Projects

• Project 1, due Sept. 20: project1.pdf ,
  A simple 3D OpenGL example: planet.c

  Project 1 submission: You need a Computer Science department account to submit your projects electronically. I understand almost all of you already have CS accounts (and your passwords still work), and new accounts have been created for those who did not have accounts earlier. If you need an account or have forgotten your CS password, please send email to labstaff@cs.rpi.edu or stop by Lally 301. You should check your RCS accounts for email relating to your CS accounts and passwords.

  You should zip your source code and README files (and Makefile if necessary) and submit the zip file. Do not include executables. Go here to submit your project.

  Note: The project is due by Friday, September 20, 11:59:59pm. You can submit your project multiple times. However only the most recent submission will be graded. The timestamp on your most recent submission will also be used to compute late days used.

  If you do not have a CS account by Thursday 5pm, please let the TA know right away.

• Project 2, now due by 11:59:59pm on Friday, October 18: Project 2 page

• Project 3, due by 11:59:59pm on Tuesday, Nov. 12: Project 3 page

• Project 4, due by 11:59:59pm on Monday, Dec. 2: project4.pdf . Please see Project 4 due date announcement below.
  

Exams

• Midterm Exam: October 17, 10:00am-noon, West Hall Auditorium (200 level). Note this location!
• Final Exam: Thursday, December 5. The time for the Final Exam is 9:00am-noon, West Hall Auditorium (200 level). Note this location!
  Important: If you have a schedule conflict with this time, please send me email before Tuesday, Nov 19 with your schedule on Dec 5.

Announcements

• I just submitted the final course grades on SIS. I hope you also received the Project 4 grades from Yogi. I curved the final exam scores, and also reduced the weightage of the lowest one of your four project scores in your overall project score. I hope you enjoyed the course. Have a good Christmas break, and see you next year!
• Here is a page with information about the Final Exam .
• Here are partial solutions for hw4 and hw5
• I missed part of my office hours today. If you stopped by when I was not in, send me email. I will be available till 5pm today.
• Here are some final exam review questions ( pdf file) from the Fall 2000 version of the course to improve your understanding of the material. You have already seen some of these questions in your HWs.
• As discussed in class today (Nov 25), Project 4 is now due by 11:59:59pm on Friday, December 6. Important: However due to the time extension, there will be NO late days for Project 4! So if your Project 4 is submitted even a few minutes (or seconds) after the deadline, it will not be graded.
  
• Guest Lecture: Dr. Holly Rushmeier from the Graphics group at IBM TJ Watson Research Center will give a talk on Tuesday, December 5 from 4:00-5:00pm in Amos Eaton 214. Refreshments at 3:30pm.

  "3D Scanning for Cultural Heritage Applications"
  Over the past 5 years there has been a great deal of interest in using 3D scanning in cultural heritage projects. Applications range from documentation for subject experts to communication to the general public. I will describe new 3D scanning technology developed at IBM Research for two cultural heritage projects -- the now completed study of Michelangelo's Florence Pieta` and an on-going project with the Egyptian National Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage. I will present some new algorithms for geometric and photometric processing we developed to address problems we encountered in the Pieta` project. I will also discuss new issues that we are working on related to ease of use and computing surface properties for our current project.

• HW 5 update: Since the library has not yet put the notes for Lecture 24 online, HW 5 is now due before 5:00pm on Tuesday, November 26. You can submit HW 5 in class on Monday (Nov 25), or place it in the TA's mailbox (Yogi Girdhar, mailbox in Amos Eaton 119) before 5pm on Tuesday.
• The lecture notes online at the library do not yet include Lecture 24. You can read Chapter 11.6 of the Angel textbook for the relevant material on shape grammars and plant modeling for HW 5.
• Important: The tentative time for the Final Exam is 9:00am-noon on Thursday, December 5. If you have a schedule conflict with this time, please send me email before Tuesday, Nov 19 with your schedule on Dec 5.
• Project 4 has been handed out.
• Please see the Project 3 clarifications on the Project 3 web page .
• HW 4, due Nov. 14, is now available: hw4.pdf
• As mentioned in class, the viewpoint control keys in the Project 3 handout have been changed to conform with standard usage. Please see the updated Project 3 description .
• Note that the updated TA office hours are Tuesday (new!) and Thursday at 5-6pm.
• Project 3 is due Nov 12. Please see instructions on Project 3 page .
• Alex Redington and Sinclair Schuller have volunteered to be class representatives. You can contact them or me with any suggestions, concerns, or other feedback.
• Graded midterm exams were handed back in class (Thursday, Oct 24). I will bring the remaining exams to class on Monday.
• Here is a page with information about the Midterm Exam and some review questions.
• We did not cover spline surfaces in class today (Oct 15) and so they will not be on the midterm. We also did not cover the topic of physically based specular reflections, and so that will also not be on the midterm exam.
• The Midterm Exam is on October 17, 10:00am-noon, West Hall Auditorium (200 level). Note this location!
• The due date for Project 2 has been changed. It is now due by 11:59:59pm on Friday, October 18.
• We will discuss the solutions to HW 2 and HW 3 in class on Tuesday, October 15.
• Graded HW2 has been handed book. You can pick up your HW from outside my office.
• The TA awards gold stars for Project 1 to Mike Jarossy, Noboru Obata, and Paul Sorenson. Honorable mentions go to Nick Costa, Nathan Cook, Bryan Davis, and Mike Russo. Congratulations!
• Please see my WebCT post for discussion of Project 2 due date.
• We made a small change to the shoulder depth value in proj2_support.h. You can get the updated version from the Project 2 page .
• Project 2 is due Oct 14. Please see instructions on Project 2 page .
• Please see the submission instructions for Project 1 above.

Useful Links

• Teapot page!
• Real-Time Rendering web page has lots of interesting links
  
• Installing glut
  
• Nate Robins' OpenGL Tutorials
• www.opengl.org
• Source code from OpenGL red book should be available here
• Errata list for OpenGL red book

Books

• Interactive Computer Graphics, third edition. Edward Angel, Addison Wesley, 2002. ISBN 0-201-77343-0
  
• OpenGL Programming Guide, third edition. M. Woo, J. Neider, T. Davis, and D. Shreiner, Addison Wesley, 1999. ISBN:0-201-60458-2

• Computer Graphics, C version, second edition. D. Hearn and M. P. Baker, Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN: 0-13-530924-7
  
• OpenGL Reference Manual, third edition. D. Shreiner (editor), Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-201-65765-1
  

Reference Books:

• 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
  
• 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.
  
• 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