Using the computers in BE109

Where to keep your work.

While you're working, you will probably want to save your files in the directory C:\UserTemp. To see the contents of the directory, double click on the My Computer icon at the top left of the desktop (the desktop is what you see when there are no programs running). Then double click on the icon labeled "(C:)". Finally, double click on the folder labeled "UserTemp". If you do keep your work here, make sure you save it to either your CATS account or a ZIP disk before you leave. Anything still in UserTemp after you leave the computer will not be there for very long. We highly recommend you purchase one or two ZIP disks to store the work you do for this class. While the first two or three assignments are light on disk space requirements, later assignments will require multiple source images, and large animation files.

Hint: Work from a locally saved copy of your assignment, and save often. It sometimes helps to save copies of your assignment. When you are all done for the day save it to you ZIP or your CATS account.

Location of programs:

WordPad - Text editor
Start > Programs > Accessories > WordPad

Adobe Photoshop - Image manipulation
Start > Other Applications > Web Development > Photoshop - Graphics Application

Adobe Premiere - Movie manipulation
Start > Other Applications > Applications on PC Server
Then, open the "Graphics" folder, and then the "Premiere" folder.
Double Click on "Premiere 6.5 - Start" to launch Premiere.

Maya 4.0 - Create 3D models and animations
Start > Other Applications > Maya Unlimited 4.0 > Maya

Poser - Create still pictures and animations of humans, animals, and other creatures
Start > Other Applications > Poser 4.0 > Poser

FTP - Transfer files to your CATS account
Start > Internet Tools > Unix File Transfer - WS_FTP

SSH - Terminal program to check e-mail and turn in assignments
Start > Internet Tools > _Unix - Telnet & SSH > unix-ic

Saving to your CATS account

If you have signed up for a CATS account, you are given about 15 MegaBytes (MB) of disk space to use (called your quota). Anything in your account, including e-mail, your personal web site, and files you have saved will be counted against that quota. Once you reach the limit of your quota, you will not be able to put anything else into your account, and you may not be able to receive any new e-mail. Your CATS account is useful for saving small files to transfer to another computer that does not have a ZIP drive, or one you cannot easily get to (a friend's computer in New York for instance). For this class, you will also use your CATS account to submit your homework for grading.

There are two ways to get files from the PC to your CATS account. Your CATS account gets mounted on the PC as X:. This means that you can access your account just like you would access the local hard drive C:. There is an icon on the desktop called 's home directory. You can also access it through My Computer > home on BE-PC... (X:). A good idea is to work on the local hard drive (C:), saving to a ZIP disk when done. When you are ready to turn in the assignment, copy the .psd and .jpg files to your CATS account.

Another way to access your CATS account on the PC is to use FTP (file transfer protocol) software. This lets you transfer files to remote computers (i.e. to the CATS server from your PC). Follow these steps to move files to your CATS account using FTP:

Step Instructions Screen Shots

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In the Start menu at the bottom left corner of the screen, move the mouse up to the "Internet Tools" item to bring up the list of Internet programs. In the list, click on "Unix File Transfer - WS_FTP".

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There might not be a unix-ic profile already created. If not create a new one. The important part is to make sure that the host is: ftp.ic.ucsc.edu.

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Put your CATS login name (i.e. jnobody) in the field labeled "User ID", and your password in the field labeled "Password", then click "OK". After a few seconds, the contents of your CATS account will be displayed on the right hand side of the WS-FTP window.

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On the left hand side, look at the location label and make sure it reads "C:\UserTemp". If it does not, delete the text in the field and replace it with "C:\UserTemp" (do not put the quote characters in the field). Now the left side of the screen will be displaying the contents of the UserTemp folder. If you have saved your work there, you should see it.

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To move your files to your CATS account, select them from the list and then click on the arrow that is pointing towards your CATS account (to the right). If you have enough quota left to fit the file or files you are transferring, WS_FTP will copy the file(s) to your CATS account.

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If you wanted to move files from your CATS account to the machine you're working on, you would follow the same steps, except instead of selecting files on the left that are in UserTemp, you would select files on the right that are in your CATS account. Then you would click on the arrow pointing towards the UserTemp directory (to the left) to copy the file(s) you picked.

Step	Instructions	Screen Shots
1	In the Start menu at the bottom left corner of the screen, move the mouse up to the "Internet Tools" item to bring up the list of Internet programs. In the list, click on "Unix File Transfer - WS_FTP".
2	There might not be a unix-ic profile already created. If not create a new one. The important part is to make sure that the host is: ftp.ic.ucsc.edu.
3	Put your CATS login name (i.e. jnobody) in the field labeled "User ID", and your password in the field labeled "Password", then click "OK". After a few seconds, the contents of your CATS account will be displayed on the right hand side of the WS-FTP window.
4	On the left hand side, look at the location label and make sure it reads "C:\UserTemp". If it does not, delete the text in the field and replace it with "C:\UserTemp" (do not put the quote characters in the field). Now the left side of the screen will be displaying the contents of the UserTemp folder. If you have saved your work there, you should see it.
5	To move your files to your CATS account, select them from the list and then click on the arrow that is pointing towards your CATS account (to the right). If you have enough quota left to fit the file or files you are transferring, WS_FTP will copy the file(s) to your CATS account.
6	If you wanted to move files from your CATS account to the machine you're working on, you would follow the same steps, except instead of selecting files on the left that are in UserTemp, you would select files on the right that are in your CATS account. Then you would click on the arrow pointing towards the UserTemp directory (to the left) to copy the file(s) you picked.

Saving to a ZIP disk

Since the amount of space available in your CATS account is so limited, you will probably want to save most of your work on a ZIP disk. Each ZIP disk can hold up to 100 MB of data (over six times what you can keep in your CATS account). As the course progresses, you'll probably start working with larger files, and you may not be able to store them in your CATS account at all.

To save your work onto a ZIP disk:

Open up the C:\UserTemp directory as described above (double click on My Computer, the C: drive, and finally the UserTemp folder).
Click the tab labeled "My Computer" along the bottom of the screen to bring that window to the front.
Make sure your ZIP disk is in the drive.
Arrange the My Computer window and the UserTemp window so that you can see icon labeled "Removable Disk (D:)" in the My Computer window.
Select the files you want to save from UserTemp and drag them onto the icon labeled "Removable Disk (D:)".

Submitting homework in your CATS account with SSH

Step Instructions Screen Shots

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In the Start menu at the bottom left corner of the screen, move the mouse up to the "Internet Tools" item to bring up the list of Internet programs. In the list, move the mouse over to "_Unix - Telnet & SSH" to bring up the list of Unix login items. Pick "unix-ic" from that list.

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Enter your login name, then push Connect.

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Allow the program to accept the connection.

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Enter your password and push OK

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Change your directory to the assignment directory you uploaded ("final_a1" is just an example, use your own directory name). cd final_a1

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Submit all of the files in the directory. submit cmps080c-jw.w03 a1 *

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You can also submit one file at a time by putting the name of the file in place of the asterisk. submit cmps080c-jw.w03 a1 Readme.txt

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Check to make sure you submitted all the required files. peek cmps080c-jw.w03 a1

Step	Instructions	Screen Shots
1	In the Start menu at the bottom left corner of the screen, move the mouse up to the "Internet Tools" item to bring up the list of Internet programs. In the list, move the mouse over to "_Unix - Telnet & SSH" to bring up the list of Unix login items. Pick "unix-ic" from that list.
2	Enter your login name, then push Connect.
3	Allow the program to accept the connection.
4	Enter your password and push OK
5	Change your directory to the assignment directory you uploaded ("final_a1" is just an example, use your own directory name).	`cd final_a1`
6	Submit all of the files in the directory.	`submit cmps080c-jw.w03 a1 *`
7	You can also submit one file at a time by putting the name of the file in place of the asterisk.	`submit cmps080c-jw.w03 a1 Readme.txt`
8	Check to make sure you submitted all the required files.	`peek cmps080c-jw.w03 a1`

Some notes about submitting your homework

The format of the "submit" command is: submit <class> <assignment> <file or *>

The format of the "peek" command is: peek <class> <assignment>

To get more help with submit or peek, use "submit -m" or "peek -m"

For all your 80c assignments, the class will be "cmps080c-jw.w03". The first assignment is "a1", the second "a2", the third "a3" and so on.

You can submit your work more than once by uploading new versions and using the submit command again. Just remember that your early/late days will be calculated based on the latest time on any file you submit for an assignment. So if you submit your work twice, the later time will be counted as the time you turned your assignment in. We will not look at the time of day, just the date. Just like in real life, midnight is the cutoff time for each day. We will not split minutes... 12am and ZERO seconds is the beginning of the next day.

Printing

If you want to print anything in the BE109 lab, you'll need a Copy Card. The printer is next to the Consultant's machine. Put your copy card into the card reader, go back to your computer and print your file (if the print command is available, you will usually find it in the File menu of your application).