CS 320 Course Materials
Fall 2014

General

• Syllabus.
• Spring 2013 materials.
• OpenGL development environment:
  • Windows: eclipseSetupWin.zip (369 MB download).
  • Mac: eclipseSetupMac.zip (145 MB download).

Topics

• Introduction, 2D Graphics
  Aug. 25: Read Chapter 1, Appendix A, and the fist two documents listed in the C++ Resouces Section, below. Be prepared to answer these questions.

  The following how-to screencasts will help you get up-to-speed with our development environment:

  • Creating an Eclipse Workspace
  • Importing and Exporting Eclipse Projects
  • Managing Eclipse Run Configurations on a Mac

  Starter files for Project 1. Download the project archive file, import it into eclipse, compile, and run.

  Aug. 27: Lab 1 --- Hello World 2D Program Analysis, due at the beginning of class on Sept. 3.

  Aug. 29: Hello World 2D Project, due at 5:00 pm on Sept. 5.

• Linear Transformations
  Sept. 8: Read Chapter 2. Complete Question Set 2, due at the beginning of class on Sept. 12.
• Affine Transformations
  Sept. 10: Read Chapter 3. Complete Question Set 3, due at the beginning of class on Sept. 15.
• Respect the Frame
  Sept. 12 and Sept. 15: Read Chapter 4. Complete Question Set 4, due at the beginning of class on Sept. 22.
• Frames in Graphics
  Sept. 17 and Sept. 22: Read Chapter 5 and watch Respect the Frame. Complete Question Set 5, due at the beginning of class on Sept. 26.
• Hello World 3D Project; due Oct. 2 at 11:59 pm
  Sept. 24: Read Chapter 6, especially Section 6.5. This Chapter contains several important hints for the project. We won't be discussing this Chapter in class. I also strongly recommend studying the C++ Primer for CS175.
  • Hello World 3D Project Description
    
  • Starter project files.
    
  • Executable solution binaries, for both Windows and Mac.
• Quaternions
  Oct. 3: Read Chapter 7. Complete Question Set 6, due at the beginning of class on Oct. 8.
• Arcball
  Oct. 6: Read Chapter 8 and the Task 2 Section of Implementing an arcball interface. Complete Question Set 7, due at the beginning of class on Oct. 10.
• Quaternions and Arcball Project; due Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 11:59 pm
  
  • Quaternions and Arcball Project Description
  • Starter project files
  • Executable solution binaries, for both Windows and Mac.
• Projection
  Oct. 29: Read Chapter 10. Complete Question Set 8, due at the beginning of class on Nov. 3.
• Depth
  Oct. 31: Read Chapter 11. Complete Question Set 9, due at the beginning of class on Nov. 5.
• From Vertex to Pixel, Varying Variables
  Nov. 3: Read Chapters 12 and 13 and Sections 1 and 2 of Appendix B. Complete Question Set 10, due at the beginning of class on Nov. 7.
• Robots and Part Picking Project; due Thursday, Nov. 20 at 11:59 pm
  
  • Robots and Part Picking Project Description
  • Starter project files
  • Executable solution binaries, for both Windows and Mac.
• Materials
  Nov. 24: Read Chapter 14. Complete Question Set 11, due at the beginning of class on Dec. 3.
• Texture Mapping
  Dec. 1: Read Chapter 15. Complete Question Set 12, due at the beginning of class on Dec. 5.
• Textures and Material Properties Programming Exercises, due Dec. 7 at 11:59 pm
  
  • Textures and Material Properties Exercises Description
  • GLSL documentation:
    • GLSL Language Specification, Version 1.10.59
    • gpu_shader4 Extension
  • Starter exercise files
  • Solution demo video

Online Computer Graphics Resources

• www.opengl.org.
• OpenGL documentation.
• OpenGL 3.3 Reference Pages.
• The OpenGL 3.2 Quick Reference Guide (including GLSL 1.50), PDF.
• freeglut 2.0.0 API Documentation.
• The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW).
• ACM SIGGRAPH Online!

C++ Resources

• C++ Primer for CS175. This primer specifically discusses C++ usage in the source code used in CS 320.
• Moving from Java to C++.
• C and C++ for Java Programmers.
• The C++ Resource Network.
• The C++ Language Tutorial.
• Thinking in C++ (Have a look at the ZIP/PDF links for Volumes 1 and 2).