CS 4390
Computer Graphics

Teaching Assistant

Programming Assignment Specifications

• Assignment 1 has been posted on the class newsgroup.

  You the following guide on how to turn in your program. Newsgroup

  Here's a link to the class newsgroup: git.cc.class.4390.

  Textbook

  Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (2nd edition in C)
  
  by Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes.
  
  Course notes will also be available on the web or borrowed from previous classes.
  
  These will follow the lectures given in class.

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  Syllabus

  An approximate syllabus for the class appears below. The practice problems are from a previous quarter and may contain some material not covered in our lectures. They are optional and for your benefit. Graded homework (see below) is from the course notes and is due one week after it is assigned.

  Date	Topic	Reading	Practice Problems
  6/21	Introduction, Procedures, and Syllabus	Account Setup, SGI Indy Lab	OpenGL and C, Linear Algebra
  6/23	Graphics hardware	4 (Intro), 4.2, 4.4, 4.6	Problems Solutions
  6/25	Drawing lines and circles	3.1-3.4, 3.17	Problems Solutions
  6/28	Drawing lines, circles and Polygons	3.1-3.6, 3.17, 13.1	Problems Solutions
  6/30	Color & Graphics	13.2 - 13.3.5, 13.5	Problems Solutions
  7/2	Color & Graphics (Continued)	13.2-13.3.5, 13.5	Problems Solutions
  7/5	NO CLASS - HOLIDAY	-	-
  7/7	2D Transformations	5.1-5.3	Problems Solutions
  7/9	Test 1 (First 45 minutes) 2D Transformations / Windows and Viewports	5.4	Problems Solutions
  7/12	Clipping, Modeling Curves	3.11-3.14, 11(Intro), 11.2-11.2.2	Problems Solutions
  7/14	Modeling Curves	11 (Intro), 11.2-11.2.2	Problems Solutions
  7/16	3D Mathematics	5.6-5.8	Problems Solutions
  7/19	3D Mathematics (Continued)	5.6-5.8	Problems Solutions
  7/21	Projections	6.1-6.5.2	Problems Solutions
  7/23	Projections / 3D Clipping	6.5.3-6.6	Problems Solutions
  7/26	TEST 2	-	-
  7/28	Visible Surface Determination	15 (Intro), 15.2, 15.4-15.6	Problems Solutions
  7/30	Illumination & Shading	16.1-16.2	Problems Solutions
  8/2	Ray Tracing	15.10, 16.12	-
  8/4	Ray Tracing (Continued)	15.10, 16.12	Problems Solutions
  8/6	Summary and Conclusions	-	-

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  Grading

  Grading will be based on

  • Programming assignments (40%=10%+15%+15%)
  • Homework (5%)
  • Tests (2) (25%=10%+15%)
  • Final exam (30%)

  Programming Assignments

  All programming assignments must execute on the Indy or O2 workstations in the SGI lab (room 130, CCB). You will write 3-4 programs for this course. All programs must be written in C. Documentation/code clarity will count as 20% of the grade for each program. The other 80% of the grade will be based on the program's ability to handle various requirements which will be specified when the assignment is given.

  Compiling and executing without errors on the published test data is considered minimal compentency for any program. Late programs will be penalized 3^n-1 points, where n is the number of days late. Weekends count as one day. Programs that are more than 5 days late will not be graded.

  You may discuss high-level design strategies and specifications of the assignments with other students in this class. However, your programs and homework are to represent your own work. All coding and detailed design decisions are to be made without consultation with others.

  Here are some pointers to information that may be helpful in getting started:

  • SGI lab: logging in and using desktop tools
  • C programming
  • OpenGL

  Homework

  Your homework grade for the quarter will be based on 3 (three) homework assignments of your choice. In the back of the course notes are listed 8 sets of practice problems, corresponding to sections of the course. Choose 3 sections and turn in these problems as homework. Homework sets are due no later than 1 week after we cover that material in class (see the syllabus above for due dates based on the current schedule). Homework will be graded for completeness and correctness. All work on homework sets is to be your own; do not consult with others.

  You are encouraged to use all of the practice problems in the course notes, as well as those linked to in the syllabus above, as review and extra practice.