ME 5604 Computer Aided Design I

• Syllabus

• Collection of Computer Graphics Resources:
  • FAQ: Comp.Graphics.OpenGL
  • NEWS: Comp.Graphics.API.OpenGL
  • OpenGL WWW center
  • Interactive Volume Rendering Using Advanced Graphics Architectures
    State-of-the-art capabilities of OpenGL.
  • The OpenGL Technical Library (Addison-Wesley)
  • ARTICLE: OpenGL - The Integration of Windowing and 3D Graphics, by Harry Shamansky (Dec. 1995)

• Collection of C/C++/UNIX Resources:
  • Quadralay C++ Archive
  • Programming in C
  • Index of C Tutorials
  • Unix Reference Desk
  • Practical C++ Programming
    A new book on C++ programming. These books tend to be excellent.
    -> On-line supplements
    -> Sample programs from the textbook
    

• Local Resources:
  • E-mail Archive - ME 5604 Computer Aided Design I

  • AIX (release 4.3)
    -> Frequently Asked Questions: (HTML) - (remote HTML)

  • Motif (release 1.2)
    -> Frequently Asked Questions: (HTML) - (remote HTML)

  • GLUT OpenGL Graphics Toolkit (release 3.1)
    -> Frequently Asked Questions: (HTML) - (remote HTML)
    -> Information on GLUT: (remote HTML)
    -> User's Manual: (HTML) - (remote HTML) - (PostScript)
    -> Article: (PostScript) - (PDF)
    -> Textbook: OpenGL Programming for the X Window System

  • Xcoral Text Editor (release 3.14)
    -> User's Manual: (HTML) - (PostScript)
    -> Short-Cut Card: (PostScript)
    -> Sample Session: (GIF image)
    

  • DDD C / C++ debugger (release 2.1.1)
    -> Article: (PostScript)
    -> Frequently Asked Questions: (remote text)
    -> Home Page: (remote HTML)
    -> User's Manual (PDF)

  • Xdbx C debugger (release 2.1 patch 0)

  • GNU C / C++ (gcc/g++ release 2.7.2.2) (libg++ release 2.7.2)
    -> Frequently Asked Questions: (HTML) - (remote HTML)
    -> g++ manual: (HTML) - (PDF) - (remote HTML)
    -> libg++ manual: (HTML) - (PDF) - (remote HTML)

  • Xarm C++ wrapper for Motif (release 1.2.5)
    -> Documentation: (HTML)

  • ME5604 directory structure

1. Computer Graphics Hardware
   • D. F. Rogers and J. A. Adams. Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics, second edition, McGraw-Hill, 1990.
     Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Graphics.
     VT Library CALL NO: T385 R6 1990 (5th floor)
   • P. Coy and R. D. Hof, "3-D Computing: From medicine to wargames, it's a whole new dimension," Business Week, September 4, 1995, pp. 70-77.
   • Special theme issue on Virtual Reality, IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, vol. 15, no. 5, September 1995.
     VT Library CALL NO: T385 I187 (5th floor)
2. Introduction to OpenGL and PHIGS
3. Primitives, Attributes, and Structures
4. User Input
5. Viewing
6. Modeling
   • J. Rossignac, A. Megahed, and B.-O. Schneider, "Interactive Inspection of Solids: Cross-sections and Interferences," Computer Graphics, vol. 26, no. 2, July 1992, pp. 353-360. (ACM SigGRAPH '92 proceedings).
     VT Library CALL NO: QA76 C565 (4th floor)
7. The Nature of Color
   • FAQ: Color Space [remote text] [remote HTML] [remote PDF] [local PDF]

Term Papers:

• FALL 1997 - [PDF file format - 3,423,984 bytes]
• FALL 1998 - [PDF file format - 5,206,120 bytes]

• End-of-Semester Schedule

The following files are in the PDF file format

15% -	Homework Assignments	Final Deadline
	1 - Getting started	5:00 PM Wednesday September 16, 1998
	2 - Colors	5:00 PM Friday October 2, 1998
	3 - Interactive User Input	5:00 PM Wednesday October 14, 1998
	4 - Push-Buttons & Sliders (picking objects)	5:00 PM Monday October 26, 1998
	5 - Views (pan around an object)	5:00 PM Friday November 7, 1997
	6 - Modeling & multiple viewports (animation)	5:00 PM Friday November 14, 1997
	[general notes] [what & how to submit]
15% -	Term Paper	Final Deadline
	Proposal	1:00 PM Monday September 14, 1998
	First Draft	1:00 PM Monday October 12, 1998
	Second Draft	1:00 PM Monday October 19, 1998
	Review	1:00 PM Monday October 26, 1998
	Final Copy	1:00 PM Monday November 9, 1998
	Presentation	During last two weeks of class
35% -	Term Project	Final Deadline
	Proposal	1:00 PM Monday October 5, 1998
	Deliverables	1:00 PM Monday December 7, 1998
	Presentation	During last two weeks of class
15% -	Midterm Exam
	Wednesday October 7, 1998, 1:00pm - 1:50pm, 206 Randolph Hall
20% -	Final Exam
	Friday December 11, 1998, 1:05pm - 3:05pm, 206 Randolph Hall

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