Assignment 4
CSCI-4965: Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics
Fall 2000

Announcements

  1. Clarification for item 4: The animation should also be as seen by the pilot (and not by a stationary camera in the world).
  2. The submission date for Assignment 4 has been extended to 10am, December 4, 2000 (Monday) due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Note that we are not planning to keep the Amos Eaton computer labs open on Sunday, December 3.

  3. Submitted assignment programs that do not compile and run on the Ultras in the Sun lab or OOT lab will receive zero credit .

  4. Here is a message from labstaff. Note that the solaris.remote alias currently connects to one of the Sun Ultras in AE 117.

    A new alias has been created for remote access:
    solaris.remote.cs.rpi.edu
    will connect you to one of 16 computers running Solaris 8. This is the preferred machine name to use if you require remote access to lab machines running Solaris 8. Please do not access machines directly by their name unless you have a compelling reason to be using a specific computer. Certain computers come and go off our network, and reliance on a particular computer may cause you problems later on.

    The new machines do not accept unencrypted connections. You should use some version of ssh to connect. If you are connecting from a PC, you can get TeraTerm with SSH extensions from our web page at: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/lab/software

    You will need to download and extract both files to the same location before running the included setup program.

The above announcements and clarifications list was last updated at 2:30pm, November 30, 2000.

Description

Lab

You can use the Sun Ultra10 machines with Elite3D graphics in the Sparc Lab in Amos Eaton 217. The OOT Lab in Amos Eaton 117 has a cluster of 16 Sun Ultra10 machines with Creator3D graphics that you can use.

Note on Lab Timings: The Sparc Lab and OOT Lab are usually open Monday-Saturday from 9am-5pm. You can enter and use the labs at any other time if you are able to get in. (There usually are some students working in the Sparc lab late at night.) If you are the last person to leave the lab after hours, please lock the door behind you.

Handin Instructions

You will submit your assignment by running a script that tars files in the source directory, gzips and tars them, and emails the uuencoded file. You will automatically receive an email acknowledgment of your submission (sent to your CS account).

To submit your assignment, follow these steps:
1. You must be on a CS machine running unix. The Ultras in the Sparc lab will do fine.
2. Go to the directory in which all your source code (source and header files), Makefile, and README file are placed.
3. Type "submit compgraph" at the prompt.
This script will automatically tar, gzip, uu-encode and email the entire directory contents. It tries to be smart about not including executable and object files, core files, etc.
4. You will receive an automatic email reply showing all the files that were submitted, along with a timestamp. This email is sent to your CS account, so be sure to check there or forward email from there to your RCS account.

Note that you can send in multiple submissions. We will use the most recent one for evaluation of your assignment. The corresponding timestamp will serve to determine the penalty for late submissions.

Let us know if you have any problems with this submission procedure.

Important: Please save your submitted assignment files until your assignment has been graded.

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Xianfeng Zhao
Email: zhaox3@cs.rpi.edu

Srinivas Akella
Email: sakella@cs.rpi.edu