Cmpt 361 - Tentative Class Schedule

Week Date Tuesday Thursday
1 Sept 5 - 7 Introduction & History
Chapter 1
Hardware
Chapter 4
2 Sept 12 - 14 Interaction Techniques
Chapter 8 & 9
Graphics Software
Chapter 2
OpenGL, Mesa, GLUT,
3 Sept 19 - 21 Algorithms for 2D Primitives
Chapter 3
Algorithms for 2D Primitives
Chapter 3
4 Sept 26 - 28 Algorithms for 2D Primitives (cont.)
Clipping
Chapter 3
Antialiasing
Chapter 3
5 Oct 3 - 5 2D Geometric Transformations
Chapter 5
Class Cancelled
6 Oct 10 - 12 3D Geometric Transformations
Chapter 5
Class Cancelled
7 Oct 17 - 19 Viewing in 3D
Chapter 6
Polygonal and Hierarchial Modelling
Chapter 7
8 Oct 24 - 26 Guest Lecture - Eric Schenk (EA)
Non-Photorealistic Rendering
Midterm
Midterm Topics
9 Oct 31 - Nov 2 Curves & Surfaces
Chapter 11
Review of 3D viewing
Chapter 6
10 Nov 7 - 9 Visible surface determination
Chapter 15
3D Viewing and Midterm Review
11 Nov 14 - 16 Curves and Surfaces
Curves
de Casteljau Algorithm
Surfaces
Visible surface determination
Chapter 15
12 Nov 21 - 23 Illumination and Shading
(Word document)
Chapter 16
Illumination and Shading
Examples
Chapter 16
13 Nov 28 - 30 Ray Tracing
Examples
Chapter 16
Review Class
Surfaces Review
Exam Dec 12
Final Exam
12 noon

Acknowledgement

Many thanks to Dr. Dave Cowperthwaite, Dr. Torsten Möller, and Dr. Daryl Hepting for their previous course notes.
Last modified: September 2000
Kori Inkpen / inkpen@cs.sfu.ca