Note on textbook and readings: The 3rd edition is the official, required text. If you already have the 2nd edition, you should be able to make use of it by referring to the alternate page numbers below. Surrounding or within the assigned readings are code examples in PHIGS (2nd edition) and OpenGL (3rd edition). Although we will be using Qt API instead of PHIGS or OpenGL in CS-321, you should find skimming over these examples helpful, but you are only responsible for the Qt API portions covered by lecture and lab; you are not responsible for knowing the PHIGS or OpenGL APIs.
| Week | Day | Topics | Reading (2 ed.) | Reading (3 ed.) | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 6-10 September |
M | Labor Day | Course introduction Prerequisite Assessment Lab 1: Introduction to Unix |
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| W | Computer Graphics Hardware: CRTs and LCDs | 3-81 | 2-73 | ||
| F | CG Hardware: Video card architecture | ||||
| 2 13-17 September |
M | Point and line drawing | 84-88 | 92-95 | Inheritance review (no longer online: ~welch/courses/cs321/cs321-l2.pdf)
Week 2: qmake/make/gcc introduction Week 3: gdb (GNU debugger) / ElectricFence Lab 2: Derived and container classes |
| W | Bresenham's algorithm | 88-96 | 95-102 | ||
| F | Circles and ellipses | 97-113 | 103-119 | ||
| 3 20-24 September |
M | Coordinate systems, pixel size issues, filling intro. | 114-117 | 120-123 | |
| W | Filling: inside/outside tests | 117-130 | 123-129 | ||
| F | Filling algorithms: scanline, edge order, and integer recursion | 196-200 | |||
| 4 27 September - 1 October |
M | Filling: pixel-based methods // discuss presentations | 201-205 | UML: Class and Sequence Diagrams
Lab 3: Introduction to the graphics shell |
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| W | Drawing attributes | 144-163 | 172-177, 183-186, 193-196 | ||
| F | Anti-aliasing | 171-180 | 214-221 | ||
| 5 4-8 October |
M | Introduction to transformations | 184-190, 600-620 | 230-240, 787-808 | RCS (Revision Control System)
Lab 4: Lines and color |
| W | Review for midterm | ||||
| F | Midterm Exam (Dr. Meier) | ||||
| 6 11-15 October |
M | 2-D transformations | 191-205 | 241-256 | Lab 5: Polygons |
| W | Multiple coordinate systems | 205-207, 217-224 | 259-261, 296-305 | ||
| F | 3-D graphics | 297-310 | 344-349, 129-133 | ||
| 7 18-22 October |
M | 3-D object representation | 310-334 | 402-442 | Lab 6: Bézier curves |
| W | Line Clipping: Cohen-Sutherland and Liang-Barsky | 224-244 | 315-329 | ||
| F | Polygon Clipping: Sutherland-Hodgeman and Weiler-Atherton | 329-338 | |||
| 8 25-29 October |
M | 3-D transformations | 408-429 | 261-283 | Lab 7: Transformations and 3-D |
| W | catch up | ||||
| F | 3-D viewing | 432-447 | 349-356 | ||
| 9 1-5 November |
M | Perspective transformations | 447-468 | 356-383 | |
| W | Hidden surface removal | 470-481 | 528-540 | ||
| F | catch up | ||||
| 10 8-12 November |
M | Illumination | 495-522 | 556-581 | |
| W | Color models | 565-581 | 712-730 | ||
| F | Characters and text | 131-134, 163-168, 244 | 147-149, 211-213, 339 | ||
| 11 15-19 November |
R | Common Final Exam: 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M., CC-49 | |||
Other potential tool topics for lab discussions: gprof and doxygen.