Elements of Graphics and Visualization
CS 324E
Fall 2003
Unique ID: 52405
Time: TTh 2:00-3:30
Location: GEO 2.218
Professor: Don Fussell
Office: Taylor Hall 3.150C
Phone: 471-9719 Office, 627-7659 Cell
Email: fussell@cs.utexas.edu
Office Hours: TTh 5:00-6:00 or by appointment
TA: Sangmin Park
TA Office Hours: Mon 1:30-3:00, Wed 9:30-11:00
TA Office Hours Location: TA Station PAI 5.36-B
TA Email: smpark@cs.utexas.edu
Lab Proctor: Prashanth Govindar
Lab Proctor Hours: WF 1:30-6:30 pm
Proctor Email: pgovinda@cs.utexas.edu
BMRT image by Jeremy Gibson, former UT RTF major.
This is a hands-on class in computer graphics programming. We will concentrated on teaching the principles of three dimensional computer graphics, and we will explore these principles through programming assignments in Java using the Java 2D and Java 3D APIs. We will also do some projects involving ray tracers and other 3D APIs. There will be many programming assignments, and two in-class, open-book exams.
- Syllabus
- Books Due in COOP Wednesday, September 17
- Software
- Java 2d Tutorial
- Java 2 (v. 1.4.2) javadoc Reference
- Java 3d Tutorial
- Java 3d (v. 1.3.1) javadoc Reference
- Java 3d Resources
- More Java 3d Resources
- Reading Assignments
- Hearn and Baker Chapter 1
- Hearn and Baker Chapter 2
- Hearn and Baker Chapter 3
- Hearn and Baker Chapter 4
Assignments
The format of your programs should conform to these common programming standards.- Assignment 0 Due Tuesday September 9 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 1 Due Tuesday September 16 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 2 Due Tuesday September 23 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 3 Due Thursday October 2 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 4 Due Thursday October 9 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 5 Due Thursday November 6 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 6 Due Thursday November 13 by MIDNIGHT
- Assignment 7 Due Thursday November 20 by MIDNIGHT
You should use the turnin program to submit
assignments.
You should also use the following naming convention in turning in
programs. Each file that you are turning in has a name of the form
"filename.extension", for example "Amoeba.java", where "Amoeba" is the
filename, and "java" is the extension. You should make sure that your
filename ends with the number of the assignment for every file being
turned in for a particular assignments. So, for assignment 2, you'd
turn in "Amoeba2.java" and "README2".
MIDTERM EXAM
- In class Tuesday October 14. You may bring your textbook, your notes, and your programs, as well as a printout of the Java2d tutorial from the web if you like.Sample exam
Extra office hours in TAY 3.150c Tuesday October 14, 11:30-12:30.
SECOND EXAM
- In class Thursday December 4. It will also be open book, you may bring any single graphics textbook, your class notes, and your programs. You shouldn't need additional Java3d references, but I'll make my laptop available to look up javadocs during the exam just in case.Sample exam
Study topics
Please make sure you've done all the reading assignments as well.
Don Fussell