CMP 160 -- Introduction to Computer Graphics

Spring 1999

Instructor:	Suresh Lodha
Office:	241 Applied Sciences
Phone	(831) 459-3773
email:	lodha@cse.ucsc.edu
Office Hours:	W F 10:45am - 12:00noon and by appointment
Class Time:	M W F 9:30-10:40
Place:	Applied Sciences 372
Teaching Assistant:	Doug Whitmore whitmore@cse.ucsc.edu email for office hour appointments
Lab Hours in Room Applied Sciences 213:	Monday 1-4 Daniel Tuesday 4-5 Daniel Wednesday 3-5 Daniel Thursday 2-4 Doug Thursday 3-5 Daniel Friday 12:30-1 Daniel Lead Discussion section(s): Monday, 11-12, and (depending on interest) Tuesday 3-4
The second midterm exam will be Friday May 21st. NEW! The date given on the final project description is incorrect! It says June 8th, it should say June 9th! Also, total number of late days allowed without penalty has been extended to 10 days from 7 days.
Lab Assistant:	Daniel Reis danielmr@cats.ucsc.edu

Text

Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top Down Approach with OpenGL Edward Angel, Addison-Wesley

OpenGL Texts

OpenGL Programming Guide Neider, David & Woo, Addison-Wesley (highly recommended)

OpenGL Reference Manual Addison-Wesley

Reference Texts

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice
Foley, Van Dam, feiner and Hughes, Addison-Wesley

Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics
David Rogers and J.Alan Adams

Graphics Gems I, II, III, IV, V
Glassner, Arvo, Kirk, Heckbert (respectively)

Grading

• 50% programming (25% assignment + 25% final project)
• 50% theory (12% each of three midterms + 12% homework + 1% class partincipation)

Class Newsgroup

ucsc.class.cmp160 - for announcements, general discussion, and help

Homework

• Homework 1 Copy the contents of /classes/cmp160/spring99 to your locker.
• Homework 1 solution
• Homework 2
• Homework 2 solution screenshot
• Homework 3
• Homework 3 solution
• Homework 4
• Homework 5
• Written homework number 2

Links to Other Information

• Online help
• The UCD home page
• OpenGL.org
• Mesa, a freeware version of OpenGL for most platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows, etc)
• XForms documentation, take a look at this when you get the chance
• Here is an example of texture setup by Jon Cheatham if you use it, please site him in your code and paper.

Other Handouts:

• Course overveiw
• Topics for this course
• Tentative schedule
• Required work and grading policy
• Final handout

Online Grades:

• Grades for Homework assignments by last 4 digits of SSN

Links to hosts in AS213 and Porter

click here

Final Project:

• Last year's approved Final Projects
• Last year's Final Project Home Pages OFFLINE
• Last Fall's final projects

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Last modified Friday, May 7, 1999