CS 320 Course Materials
Spring 2011

General

• Final exam: Wednesday, May 11 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm in Hoffberger 149.
• Syllabus: PDF, HTML.
• Spring 2009 materials.
• OpenGL development environment for Windows. See Eclipse, CDT, and MinGW.

Reading Assignments

• Week 1: Jan. 28: 1.1--1.4.
• Week 2: Jan. 31: 1.5--1.9. Feb. 2: No new reading. Feb. 4: 2.1--2.4.
• Week 3: Feb. 7: 2.5--2.6. Feb. 9: Project 1. Feb. 11: Re-read Chapter 2.
• Week 4: Feb. 14: No reading. Feb. 16: 2.7--2.10. Feb. 18: No reading.
• Week 5: Feb. 21: 3.1--3.3, 3.6. Feb. 23: 3.4, 3.5, 3.7--3.9. Feb. 25: Study polygon.c in 3.9.
• Week 6: Feb. 28: Study polygon.c in 3.9. Mar. 2: 4.1, B.1--B.5. Mar. 4: 4.1, B.1--B.5, collision.c
• Week 7: Mar. 9: 4.1, Appendices B and C.
• Week 8: Mar. 21: 4.2--4.9. Mar. 23: 4.6--4.9.
• Week 9: Mar. 28: 4.1--4.9, Appendices B and C as necessary. Apr. 1: 5.1--5.5.
• Week 10: Apr. 4: 5.8--5.9. Apr. 6: 6.1--6.3.
• Week 11: Apr. 11: Chapter 6.
• Week 12: Apr. 22: 6.7--6.9.
• Week 13: Apr. 25: 8.7--8.9.

Assignments/Projects

• Assignment I, 50 pts. Due Feb. 14 and 16. PDF, HTML. tetra.c.
• Project 1, 75 pts. Due Feb. 23. PDF, HTML.
• Project 2, 75 pts. Due Apr. 1. PDF, HTML, poolData.txt.
• Project 3, 75 pts. Due Apr. 13. PDF, HTML.
• Project 4, 75 pts. Due Apr. 22. PDF, HTML.
• Project 5, 150 pts. Due May 6. PDF, HTML.

Class Outlines

• Week 1: Jan. 26 PDF, HTML. Jan. 28 PDF, HTML.
• Week 2: Jan. 31: Continuation. Feb. 2 PDF, HTML. Feb. 4 PDF, HTML. OpenGL Introduction: PDF, HTML. pentagon.c, quadric.c.
• Week 3: Feb. 7 PDF, HTML. Feb. 9 PDF, HTML. Feb. 11 PDF, HTML. 2-D Graphics and OpenGL Lab: twodim.c (Refer to the comments in the source code for the lab experiments.)
• Week 4: Feb. 14: Talk, Ross Sowell. Feb. 16 PDF, HTML. Color and Viewport Lab PDF, HTML. cube.c, viewport.c Feb. 18: Project day.
• Week 5: Feb. 21 PDF, HTML. Feb. 23 PDF, HTML. Feb. 25: Menus, Selection, Display Lists, and "Animation" Lab PDF, HTML, polygon.c.
• Week 6: Feb. 28: Lab, continued. Mar. 2 PDF, HTML. Mar. 4: Prepare for walk-through of collision.c. PDF listing of collision.c with line numbers. collision.c source code.
• Week 7: Mar. 7: Walk-through of collision.c led by students. Mar. 9 PDF, HTML. Mar. 11 PDF, HTML. double.c, pong.c.
• Week 8: Mar. 21 PDF, HTML. Mar. 25 PDF, HTML.
• Week 9: Mar. 30: Project day. Apr. 1 PDF, HTML. cubeview.c, PDF listing, with line numbers.
• Week 10: Apr. 4 PDF, HTML. roomViewLab.c. Apr. 6: RoomView Lab. Apr. 8 PDF, HTML.
• Week 11: Apr. 11: Discussion of Project 4. Apr. 13 PDF, HTML. OpenGL programs demonstrating control of separate windows: twoWindowsOne.c, twoWindowsTwo.c. Apr. 15 PDF, HTML. OpenGL Lighting Lab I: lightLab.c. PDF listing, with line numbers.
• Week 12: Apr. 18: Finish lightLab, work on project. Apr. 22 PDF, HTML. OpenGL Lighting Lab II: lightLab2.c. PDF listing, with line numbers.
• Week 13: Apr. 25 PDF, HTML. checker.c. PDF listing, with line numbers. Apr. 27: OpenGL Textures Lab II: textureLab.c, texture mapping extension to lightLab.c. PDF listing, with line numbers. Necessary image files: imgfile1.rgb, imgfile2.rgb, imgfile3.rgb, imgfile4.rgb. Also, make sure you add gltx.h and gltx.c to your project.
• Week 14: May 2: Project day. May 4: Project day.

Class Materials

• Week 13:
  • Apr. 27:
    • Using GIMP to Convert an Image File: PDF, HTML.
    • SGI IRIX RGB reader utilities: gltx.h, gltx.c.
    • Simple texture mapping example showing texture image usage and coordinate mapping: twotextures.c (requires gltx.h and gltx.c).
    • Texture mapping example showing texture grid and lighting on a teapot: texgen.c.
    • Texture mapping example showing texture mapping to a curved surface: texturesurf.c.
    • IRIS RGB image file reader for texture mapping and Wavefront .obj file format reader example program: shadow.zip.
    • More Wavefront .obj files and a viewer: smooth.zip.

On-Line Computer Graphics Resources

• www.opengl.org.
• OpenGL documentation.
• OpenGL WWW Center.
• OpenGL Programming Guide (not the most recent edition). This is the "Red Book." PDF.
• OpenGL 2.1 Reference Pages "man" pages for gl and glu functions (not the most recent edition). This is the "Blue Book."
• OpenGL man pages: These are available from a phoenix shell. Speak to the instructor for access.
• GLUT Programming Interface API "man" pages for GLUT in HTML. PDF.
• GLUT API, version 3.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Online!
• Edward Angel's online resources: Textbook, Primer.
• Nate Robins' online resources.

Other Resources

• C for Java Programmers (PDF).
• More C for Java Programmers (PDF).
• C and C++ for Java Programmers (PDF) --- skip the C++ parts.
• Best Practices for Programming in C. This is excellent advice --- ignore it at your peril.
• C Coding Style Notes. Additional thoughts on programming style.
• A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C; PDF version.
• C Programming. Pretty thorough --- almost equivalent to a book on C.
• C Language Reference Manual; PDF version.
• An Introduction to C Programming (Ed Shmookler suggested this site).
• The GNU C Library; PDF version.
• The C Library Reference Guide (also has summary information for C syntax).